Carter County, Kentucky

Founding: 1838
Parent counties: Greenup and Lawrence

Namesake: William Carter, Kentucky politician
Seat: Grayson (1838–)

Land area: 409 square miles

Population (2020): 26,627

Population (historic): 2,905 (1840); 8,516 (1860); 12,345 (1880); 20,228 (1900); 23,839 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1860; 1870–1940; 1970s; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: Two cities

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 767 (6.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 20.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 7.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 32.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 27.1%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $407
Average outbuilding value (1930): $200
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,644
Average farm size (1920): 45.2 acres
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Grayson

Namesake: William Grayson, Virginia politician

Founding: 1838 (platting); 1840 (post office); 1860 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 3,834

Population (historic): 152 (1870); 433 (1890); 735 (1910); 1,022 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1880; 1890–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 88 (5.5%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Matthew Sellers House (1894). 5792 Grahn Road. Razed.
2. House (c. 1860). 6740 State Route 1. Greek Revival.
3. House (c. 1895). State Route 2, east of Carter. Queen Anne. Razed.
4. Elijah Horton Log House (c. 1838). State Route 7, east of the Grayson Lake Dam.
5. House (c. 1925). 803 State Route 773. Eclectic/Craftsman.

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