Butler County, Kentucky

Founding: 1810
Parent counties: Logan and Ohio

Namesake: Richard Butler, Continental Army officer
Seat: Morgantown (1811–)

Land area: 426 square miles

Population (2020): 12,371

Population (historic): 3,083 (1820); 5,755 (1850); 9,404 (1870); 15,896 (1900); 12,620 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820; 1830–1900; 1930s; 1960–2000

Subdivisions: Three cities

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 434 (7.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 19.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 9.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 30.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 22.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $258
Average outbuilding value (1930): $153
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,540
Average farm size (1920): 52.3 acres
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Morgantown

Namesake: Unknown

Founding: 1811 (platting); 1813 (post office); 1813 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,505

Population (historic): 89 (1850); 125 (1870); 250 (1890); 569 (1910); 551 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1860; 1870–1900; 1910s; 1930s; 1950–2000
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 92 (8%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Carson's Landing / Thomas Carson House (c. 1853). 1086 Annis Ferry Road.

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