Monroe County, Kentucky

Founding: 1820
Parent counties: Barren and Cumberland

Namesake: James Monroe, U.S. president
Seat: Tompkinsville (1820–)

Land area: 329 square miles

Population (2020): 11,338

Population (historic): 5,340 (1830); 8,551 (1860); 10,741 (1880); 13,053 (1900); 13,077 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1920; 1930s; 1970s; 1990s; 2010s

Subdivisions: Three cities

National Register listings: Six

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 433 (8.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 16.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 10%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 28.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 28.2%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $313
Average outbuilding value (1930): $195
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,458
Average farm size (1920): 43.3 acres
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Tompkinsville

Namesake: Daniel Tompkins, U.S. vice president

Founding: 1819 (post office); 1856 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,309

Population (historic): 218 (1830); 218 (1870); 366 (1900); 850 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830; 1870–1980
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 76 (6%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Mill Creek Baptist Church (1804). Corinth Church Road, south of Lakeside Lane.
2. *George Proffitt Log House (1885/1900). 1945 County House Road.
3. William Howard House (c. 1805). 5729 County House Road.
4. *Mount Vernon AME Church (1848). Fountain Run Road and Freetown–Emberton Road.
5. House (c. 1895). Old Glasgow Road, northwest of Mud Lick. Queen Anne.
6. Spears House (c. 1880). Vernon Road, east of Meredith Creek Road. Gothic Revival. Razed.