Jackson County, Kentucky

Founding: 1858
Parent counties: Clay, Estill, Laurel, Madison, Owsley, and Rockcastle

Namesake: Andrew Jackson, U.S. president
Seat: McKee (1858–)

Land area: 345 square miles

Population (2020): 12,955

Population (historic): 3,087 (1860); 6,678 (1880); 10,561 (1900); 10,467 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1920; 1930s; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: One city; one CDP

National Register listings: Five

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 509 (7.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 13.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 2.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 24.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 38.4%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $227
Average outbuilding value (1930): $122
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,054
Average farm size (1920): 38.9 acres
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McKee

Namesake: Unclear—perhaps George McKee, Kentucky jurist

Founding: 1858 (platting); 1858 (post office); 1882 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 803

Population (historic): 88 (1880); 106 (1900); 190 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–2000
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 21 (3.5%)
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