Leslie County, Kentucky

Founding: 1878
Parent counties: Clay, Harlan, and Perry

Namesake: Preston Leslie, Kentucky governor
Seat: Hyden (1878–)

Land area: 401 square miles

Population (2020): 10,513

Population (historic): 3,740 (1880); 6,753 (1900); 10,765 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1950; 1960–1980

Subdivisions: One city

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 186 (3.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 10.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 21.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 27.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $341
Average outbuilding value (1930): $96
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,695
Average farm size (1920): 27.4 acres

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Hyden

Namesake: John Hyden, Kentucky senator

Founding: 1878 (platting); 1879 (post office); 1882 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 303

Population (historic): 80 (1890); 316 (1910)

Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1910; 1960s; 2000s

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 17 (7.4%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Roderick McIntosh Log House (c. 1816/1830). Dry Hill–McIntosh Road, east of Owl's Nest Road.
2. John Shell Log House (c. 1850). Greasy Creek Road, south of Lewis Creek Road.

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