Breathitt County, Kentucky

Founding: 1839
Parent counties: Clay, Estill, and Perry

Namesake: John Breathitt, Kentucky governor
Seat: Jackson (1839–)

Land area: 492 square miles

Population (2020): 13,718

Population (historic): 2,195 (1840); 4,980 (1860); 7,742 (1880); 14,322 (1900); 21,143 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1940; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: One city

National Register listings: Eight

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 197 (3.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 10.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 1.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 25.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 27.5%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $246
Average outbuilding value (1930): $93
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,835
Average farm size (1920): 30.8 acres
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Jackson

Namesake: Andrew Jackson, U.S. president

Founding: 1839 (platting as Breathitt); 1839 (post office); 1843 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,237

Population (historic): 54 (1870); 941 (1900); 2,109 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1930; 1960–1980; 1990s

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 72 (6.8%)
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