Jefferson County, Kentucky

Founding: 1780
Parent county: Kentucky County, Virginia

Namesake: Thomas Jefferson, U.S. president
Seat: Louisville (1800–)

Land area: 380 square miles

Population (2010): 741,096

Population (historic): 4,765 (1790); 23,979 (1830); 89,404 (1860); 188,598 (1890); 355,350 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1910; 1920s; 1940–1970

Subdivisions: Myriad cities; nine CDPs

National Register listings: 487

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 51,707 (15.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 42%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 19.2%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,899
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,274
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,826
Average farm size (1920): 48.1 acres
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Louisville

Namesake: King Louis XVI of France

Founding: 1778 (platting); 1795 (post office); 1800 (incorporation)

Population (2010): 597,337

Population (historic): 200 (1790); 10,341 (1830); 68,033 (1860); 161,129 (1890); 307,745 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790; 1800–1900; 1920s; 1940s; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): N/A
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Silas Yager Farm (c. 1830). 15905 Aiken Road.
2. *Richard Taylor House (c. 1790/1810). 5608 Apache Road.
3. *John Taggart House (1899). 5000 Bardstown Road. Queen Anne.
4. *Bellevoir / Hamilton Ormsby House (1867). 1 Bellevoir Circle. Italianate.
5. *George Aydelott Farm (1868). 6814 Bethany Lane. Italianate.
6. *Locust Grove / William Croghan House (c. 1790). 561 Blankenbaker Lane. Federal.
7. *David Farnsley House (c. 1812/1832–1833). 4816 Cane Run Road.
8. *Carmichael House (c. 1835). Chapman Road, north of Cane Run. Greek Revival. Razed.
9. *James Trigg House (c. 1865). 7112 Covered Bridge Road. Italianate.
10. *Fishpool / James Moore Farm (c. 1790/1815). 9701 Cooper Church Road.
11. *Margaret Paget House (1838). Dock View Drive. Federal.
12. *The Anchorage / James Goslee House (1868–1869). 804 Evergreen Road. Gothic Revival.
13. *Christian Heigold House Facade (c. 1857). Frankfort Avenue, south of River Road. Classical Revival.
14. *Edgewood / John McFerran House (c. 1870/1910). 3605 Glenview Drive. Italianate/Classical Revival.
15. *George Hikes House (1823–1824). 2834 Hikes Lane. Federal.
16. *George Hikes House (c. 1795/1901). 3026 Hikes Lane.
17. *Theodore Brown House (c. 1855). 401 South Hubbard's Lane. Gothic Revival.
18. *Harriet Hise House (c. 1855). 1940 Hurstbourne Circle. Greek Revival.
19. *Valentine Conrad House (c. 1855). 3301 Hurstbourne Springs Drive. Italianate.
20. *William Newland Log House (1823). 12007 Log Cabin Lane.
21. *Jacob Hikes House (c. 1820). 2806 Meadow Drive. Federal.
22. *Gabriel Farnsley Farm (1837–1838). 7410 Moorman Road. Federal.
23. Robert Carrithers Farm (c. 1855). 7416 Old Heady Road. Greek Revival.
24. *Joseph Abell House (c. 1804). 12210 Old Shelbyville Road. Federal.
25. *Oxmoor / Alexander Bullitt Farm (c. 1785/1800/1910). 785 Oxmoor Avenue. Federal.
26. *Eight-Mile House (c. 1790). 8113 Shelbyville Road.
27. *John Jacobs House (1854/1928). 8222 Shelbyville Road. Gothic Revival.
28. *Robert Hord House (1847–1848). 15903 Shelbyville Road. Greek Revival.
29. *Stephen Chenoweth House (c. 1850). 4219 Starlite Lane. Gothic Revival.
30. *Benjamin Stout House (c. 1810). 8630 Stout Road.
31. *James Boston House (c. 1810). Tapestry Circle.
32. *John Hikes House (1830). 4118 Taylorsville Road. Federal.
33. *John Kennedy House (c. 1810). 4334 Taylorsville Road.
34. *Transylvania / Philatus Barber House (1853). 6900 Transylvania Avenue. Greek Revival.
35. *Hazael Tucker House (c. 1840). 2406 Tucker Station Road. Greek Revival.
36. *Moses Tyler House (c. 1835). 3200 Tucker Station Road. Greek Revival.
37. *Edward Jones House (c. 1831). 4498 Valley Station Road. Federal. Razed.
38. *James Allison House (c. 1844). 6909 Wolf Pen Branch Road. Greek Revival/Italianate.
39. *Miller House (c. 1826/1857–1864). 1801 Youngland Avenue. Greek Revival.