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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