Caldwell County, Kentucky

Founding: 1809
Parent county: Livingston

Namesake: John Caldwell, Kentucky politician
Seat: Eddyville (1809–1827); Princeton (1827–)

Land area: 345 square miles

Population (2020): 12,649

Population (historic): 4,268 (1810); 10,365 (1840); 10,826 (1870); 14,510 (1900); 13,781 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1820; 1830–1850; 1860–1900; 1930s; 1960–1980

Subdivisions: Two cities

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 631 (10.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 20.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.2%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $436
Average outbuilding value (1930): $299
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,218
Average farm size (1920): 64.9 acres
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Princeton

Namesake: William Prince, owner of the city site

Founding: 1805 (founding as Eddy Grove); 1805 (post office); 1854 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 6,270

Population (historic): 366 (1830); 781 (1860); 1,204 (1880); 2,556 (1900); 4,764 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1980
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 317 (10.5%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Farm (c. 1910). 15000 Marion Road. Classical Revival.
2. Jacob Crider Farm (c. 1885). 90 Old Mexico Road. Second Empire.
3. Thomas Pettit Farm (c. 1835). 1501 State Route 293.

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