Breckinridge County, Kentucky

Founding: 1800
Parent county: Hardin

Namesake: John Breckinridge, Virginia politician
Seat: Hardinsburg (1800–)

Land area: 567 square miles

Population (2020): 20,432

Population (historic): 3,430 (1810); 8,944 (1840); 13,440 (1870); 20,534 (1900); 17,368 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1820; 1830–1890; 1900s; 1930s; 1960–1980; 1990–2020

Subdivisions: Three cities

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 903 (8.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 21.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 16.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 32.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 27.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $448
Average outbuilding value (1930): $349
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,300
Average farm size (1920): 63.3 acres
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Hardinsburg

Namesake: William Hardin, owner of the village site

Founding: 1800 (platting); 1803 (post office); 1890 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,385

Population (historic): 316 (1830); 380 (1860); 585 (1880); 689 (1900); 805 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1920; 1930s; 1950–1980; 1990s; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 80 (7.5%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Fisher House (c. 1801/1905). 150 Carter Road. Federal.
2. Joseph Oglesby House (c. 1825). Cloverport Road, west of Cloverport.
3. Holt Chapel (1871). 331 Holt Road. Gothic Revival. Razed.
4. House (c. 1820). 1275 Kirk–Glen Dean Road.
5. Abraham Skillman House (c. 1876). East Main Street, east of Cloverport. Italianate.
6. Joseph Holt Farm (c. 1860). 6205 State Route 144. Italianate.
7. Burk House (1877). 7554 State Route 144. Gothic Revival.

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