Green County, Kentucky

Founding: December 20, 1792
Parent counties: Lincoln and Nelson

Namesake: Nathanael Greene (1742–1786), Continental Army general
Seat: Greensburg (1792–)

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

National Register listings: 46

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%

Median household income (2020): $33,846

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 (1742–1786), Revolutionary War general

Founding: circa 1780 (founding, as Glover's Station); 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%)

Median household income (2020): $33,418
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *House (1839). 1225 Charlie Rhea Road. Federal.
2. *Thomas Lisle House (c. 1840). Edmonton Road, east of Hugh Paxton Road. Greek Revival.
3. *John Allen House (c. 1805). Hall Cemetery Road, west of the Green River. Federal. Razed.
4. *George Edwards Log House (c. 1840). Mell Road, north of L.W. Shirley Road. Greek Revival. Razed.
5. *Warner Elmore Farm (c. 1825). Marshall Ridge Road, east of the Green River. Federal.
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). 1130 Taylor–Cox Road. Federal.

1. *Greensburg Academy (1794). 101 2nd Street. Greensburg. Federal.
2. *Elijah Creel House (1826/1850). 307 East Columbia Avenue. Greensburg. Federal.
3. *Greensburg Bank (1817–1818). East Court Street, east of Courthouse Square. Greensburg. Federal.
4. *William Hobson House (1823). 102 South Depot Street. Greensburg. Federal.
5. *White–Penick House (c. 1840). 106 South Depot Street. Greensburg. Federal.
6. *Old Green County Courthouse (1802). 101 North Main Street. Greensburg. Federal.
7. *Woodson Lewis House (1904). 201 North Main Street. Greensburg. Classical Revival.
8. *Wilson House (1842). 402 North Water Street. Greensburg. Federal.