Nelson County, Kentucky

Founding: 1784
Parent county: Jefferson

Namesake: Thomas Nelson, Virginia politician
Seat: Bardstown (1784–)

Land area: 418 square miles

Population (2020): 46,738

Population (historic): 11,315 (1790); 14,932 (1830); 14,804 (1870); 16,587 (1900); 16,551 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790; 1800–1820; 1840–1860; 1870s; 1890–1910; 1920–2020

Subdivisions: Four cities; three CDPs

National Register listings: 42

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,359 (7.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 34.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 29%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 22.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 18.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,058
Average outbuilding value (1930): $675
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,869
Average farm size (1920): 84.9 acres
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Bardstown

Namesake: David Bard, local settler

Founding: 1780 (platting); 1794 (post office); 1838 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 13,567

Population (historic): 216 (1790); 1,492 (1840); 1,835 (1870); 1,711 (1900); 1,767 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1830; 1850–1870; 1880–1910; 1920–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 466 (8.1%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Wickland / Charles Wickliffe Farm (1813–1817). 550 Bloomfield Road. Federal.
2. John Wilkinson Farm (c. 1860). 7075 Bloomfield Road. Greek Revival/Italianate.
3. *Coombes–Duncan House (c. 1829/1855). 2986 Chaplin–Taylorsville Road. Greek Revival/Italianate.
4. Cartmell Farm (c. 1875). 1630 Fairfield Road. Italianate.
5. House (c. 1870). 175 Louisville Farms Road. Italianate.
6. *Mattingly Farm (c. 1800). 1 Lux Row.
7. House (c. 1890). 6375 New Hope Road. Queen Anne.
8. Samuels House (c. 1820). 160 South St. Gregory Church Road. Federal.
9. *St. Thomas Catholic Church (1816). 870 St. Thomas Lane. Gothic Revival.
10. *John Stone Farm (1802). 730 Springfield Road. Federal.
11. *Culpeper / Benjamin Doom Farm (c. 1840). 1760 Springfield Road. Greek Revival.
12. Davis Stone Farm (c. 1840). 1930 Springfield Road. Greek Revival.
13. Green Duncan Farm (1860–1862). 2665 Springfield Road. Greek Revival. Razed.
14. Spring Hill / John Jones Farm (1857–1859). 3205 Springfield Road. Italianate/Greek Revival.
15. *Newell McClaskey Farm (c. 1835). 1795 State Route 1066. Greek Revival.
16. *Federal Hill / John Rowan Farm (1795/1818). 501 East Stephen Forster Avenue. Federal.
17. House (c. 1895). 7507 Old Bloomfield Road. Queen Anne.
18. Wilson Farm (c. 1855). 982 Old Bloomfield Road. Greek Revival/Italianate.
19. Humphrey Farm (c. 1870). Old Bloomfield Road, east of Camp Charity Creek. Italianate.
20. George Abell House (c. 1810). 8665 Old Louisville Road. Federal.
21. William Grant House (c. 1885). 11961 Old Louisville Road. Italianate.
22. *House (c. 1800). 1007 Stone House Ridge Road.
23. *Walnut Grove / Samuel Merrifield Farm (c. 1825). 801 Taylorsville Road. Greek Revival/Egyptian Revival.
24. Glasscocke Farm (c. 1855). 2260 Taylorsville Road. Italianate/Greek Revival.
25. Log House (c. 1800). Tunnel Mill Road, west of Murphy Lane.