Wayne County, Kentucky

Founding: 1800
Parent counties: Cumberland and Pulaski

Namesake: Anthony Wayne, Continental Army general
Seat: Monticello (1800–)

Land area: 458 square miles

Population (2020): 19,555

Population (historic): 5,430 (1810); 7,399 (1840); 10,602 (1870); 14,892 (1900); 15,848 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1830; 1840–1910; 1930s; 1970–2010

Subdivisions: One city

National Register listings: Eight

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 677 (6.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 24.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 9.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 32.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 32.2%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $315
Average outbuilding value (1930): $183
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,448
Average farm size (1920): 48 acres
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Monticello

Namesake: Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's plantation

Founding: 1800 (platting); 1801 (incorporation); 1803 (post office)

Population (2020): 5,753

Population (historic): 37 (1810); 142 (1840); 354 (1880); 546 (1900); 1,503 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830; 1880–1920; 1930–1980; 1990–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 141 (5%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Isaac West House (c. 1800). Old Mill Springs Road, north of Romans Road.
2. Farm (c. 1880). 11431 State Route 90. Italianate.