Estill County, Kentucky

Founding: 1808
Parent counties: Clark and Madison

Namesake: James Estill, Kentucky soldier
Seat: Irvine (1813–)

Land area: 253 square miles

Population (2020): 14,163

Population (historic): 2,082 (1810); 5,535 (1840); 9,198 (1870); 11,669 (1900); 17,079 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1940; 1960–2000

Subdivisions: Two cities

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 930 (13.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 26.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 6.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 23.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 24.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $418
Average outbuilding value (1930): $168
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,832
Average farm size (1920): 33.3 acres
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Irvine

Namesake: William Irvine, an early resident of Madison County

Founding: 1812 (platting); 1813 (post office); 1849 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,360

Population (historic): 91 (1830); 234 (1860); 260 (1900); 3,640 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830; 1900–1930
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 371 (27.8%)
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