Christian County, Kentucky

Founding: 1797
Parent county: Logan

Namesake: William Christian, Continental Army soldier
Seat: Hopkinsville (1798–)

Land area: 718 square miles

Population (2020): 72,748

Population (historic): 2,318 (1800); 12,684 (1830); 23,227 (1870); 37,962 (1900); 34,283 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1810; 1820–1910; 1930–1960; 1970–2010

Subdivisions: Five cities; two CDPs

National Register listings: 49

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,795 (6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 21.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 18.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 28.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 22.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $634
Average outbuilding value (1930): $571
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 4,572
Average farm size (1920): 62 acres
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Hopkinsville

Namesake: Samuel Hopkins, Kentucky politician

Founding: 1799 (platting); 1815 (post office); 1853 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 31,180

Population (historic): 131 (1810); 1,581 (1840); 3,136 (1870); 7,280 (1900); 10,746 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 959 (6.5%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *McClellan Log House (c. 1810). 10105 Butler Road. Razed.
2. *Glen Burnie / Chiles Barker Farm (c. 1830). Carneal Lane, north of Bumpus Mill Road. Federal.
3. *Cedar Grove / John Bowman Farm (1853–1855). 1408 Carter Road. Greek Revival.
4. *Simon French House (c. 1810). 2145 Carter Road.
5. *Elk Grove / William Moore House (1859–1861). 7850 Fort Campbell Road. Italianate.
6. *Woodlawn / Joseph Garnett Farm (c. 1875/1905). Fort Campbell Road, at Long Pond Road. Greek Revival. Razed.
7. *John Gary Farm (c. 1855). Gary Lane, south of James Lyn Drive. Greek Revival.
8. *John Campbell Farm (c. 1860). Julien Road, west of Newstead Road. Gothic Revival.
9. *Cox House (c. 1855). 333 Mitchell Road. Greek Revival. Razed.
10. *Oakland / Gano Henry Farm (1857). 9210 Newstead Road. Greek Revival.
11. *Tuck–Elliott Farm (c. 1800/1835). Old Clarksville Road, east of Lafayette. Greek Revival. Razed.
12. *Carter Bradshaw House (c. 1850). 7630 Old Palmyra Road. Greek Revival.
13. *House (1808). Pembroke Road, northwest of Martin Luther King Way.
14. House (1910). 2305 Russellville Road. Queen Anne/Classical Revival.
15. *Western Kentucky Lunatic Asylum (1854). 2400 Russellville Road. Greek Revival.
16. *Blue Lantern Farm / Madison Major Farm (c. 1856). 1800 US Highway 68. Italianate.