Carlisle County, Kentucky

Founding: 1886
Parent county: Ballard

Namesake: John Carlisle, Kentucky politician
Seat: Arlington (1886); Bardwell (1886–)

Land area: 189 square miles

Population (2020): 4,826

Population (historic): 7,612 (1890); 9,048 (1910); 7,363 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1900; 1930s; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: Two cities; one CDP

National Register listings: Five

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 164 (6.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 21.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 15.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 17.8%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $477
Average outbuilding value (1930): $296
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,437
Average farm size (1920): 56.6 acres
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Bardwell

Namesake: Unknown

Founding: 1874 (platting, as Crittenden); 1874 (post office); 1877 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 714

Population (historic): 578 (1890); 1,087 (1900); 1,139 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1900; 1910–1940; 1950s

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 39 (9.8%)
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