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

National Register listings: 10

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.