Harlan County, Kentucky

Founding: 1819
Parent county: Knox

Namesake: Silas Harlan, early Kentucky resident
Seat: Harlan (1819–)

Land area: 466 square miles

Population (2020): 26,831

Population (historic): 1,961 (1820); 4,268 (1850); 5,278 (1880); 9,838 (1900); 65,557 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1860; 1870–1940; 1970s

Subdivisions: Six cities; eight CDPs

National Register listings: Seven

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,057 (15.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 16.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 2.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 36.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 22.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $497
Average outbuilding value (1930): $265
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,452
Average farm size (1920): 25 acres
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Harlan

Namesake: Harlan County

Founding: 1819 (platting); 1828 (post office); 1884 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,776

Population (historic): 361 (1890); 657 (1910); 4,327 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1940; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 182 (20%)
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