Graves County, Kentucky

Founding: 1824
Parent county: Hickman

Namesake: Benjamin Graves, Michigan supreme court justice
Seat: Mayfield (1824–)

Land area: 552 square miles

Population (2020): 36,649

Population (historic): 2,504 (1830); 16,233 (1860); 24,138 (1880); 33,204 (1900); 30,778 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1910; 1930s; 1960–1980; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: Three cities; seven CDPs

National Register listings: 11

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,161 (6.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 22.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 2.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 19.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $437
Average outbuilding value (1930): $260
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 6,082
Average farm size (1920): 42.7 acres
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Mayfield

Namesake: Mayfield Creek

Founding: 1823 (post office); 1846 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 10,017

Population (historic): 44 (1830); 556 (1860); 1,839 (1880); 4,081 (1900); 8,177 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1960; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 407 (9.1%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Meacham Manor / Joseph Meacham Farm (c. 1860). 4321 Kingston Road. Gothic Revival.