Lewis County, Kentucky

Founding: December 2, 1806
Parent county: Mason

Namesake: Meriwether Lewis (1774–1809), explorer
Seat: Clarksburg (1806–1863); Vanceburg (1863–)

Land area: 483 square miles

Population (2010): 13,870

Population (historic): 2,357 (1810); 6,306 (1840); 9,115 (1870); 17,868 (1900); 14,315 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1860; 1870–1900; 1970s

Subdivisions: Two cities; one CDP

National Register listings: Six

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 621 (9.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 22.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 13.1%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $513
Average outbuilding value (1930): $392
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,777
Average farm size (1920): 36.6 acres
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Vanceburg

Namesake: Joseph Vance, platter

Founding: 1797 (platting); 1815 (post office); 1827 (incorporation)

Population (2010): 1,518

Population (historic): 513 (1870); 1,161 (1900); 1,388 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1880; 1910s; 1940–1960
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 142 (20%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Samuel Bruce House (c. 1860). State Route 8, northeast of Scaffold Lick Road. Italianate.
2. *Joshua Stamper House (1903). Trace Road, north of State Route 5.