Green County, Kentucky

Founding: 1793
Parent counties: Lincoln and Nelson

Namesake: Nathanael Greene, Continental Army general
Seat: Greensburg (1793–)

Land area: 286 square miles

Population (2020): 11,107

Population (historic): 6,096 (1800); 13,138 (1830); 8,806 (1860); 11,463 (1890); 11,401 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1840; 1860–1880; 1890s; 1920–1940; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: One city; one CDP

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 729 (13.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 24.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 14.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 24.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 21.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $341
Average outbuilding value (1930): $229
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,345
Average farm size (1920): 46.6 acres
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Greensburg

Namesake: Nathanael Greene, Continental Army general

Founding: 1794 (platting); 1794 (incorporation); 1807 (post office)

Population (2020): 2,179

Population (historic): 70 (1800); 669 (1830); 536 (1860); 552 (1890); 770 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1830; 1870s; 1920–1940; 1950s; 1970s; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 103 (9.1%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. House (1839). 1225 Charlie Rhea Road. Federal.
2. Thomas Lisle House (c. 1840). 700 Edmonton Road. Greek Revival.
3. John Allen House (c. 1805). Hall Cemetery Road, west of the Green River. Federal. Razed.
4. Warner Elmore Farm (c. 1825). 4560 Marshall Ridge Road. Federal.
5. George Edwards Log House (c. 1840). Mell Road, north of L.W. Shirley Road. Greek Revival. Razed.
6. Robert Woodward Log House (1841). 1396 Mount Lebanon Church Road.
7. Daniel Williams Log House (c. 1800/1820). Summersville Road, south of Mac Pittman Road. Razed.
8. John Howe Farm (c. 1820). 1215 Taylor–Cox Road. Federal.

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