Knott County, Kentucky

Founding: 1884
Parent counties: Breathitt, Floyd, Letcher, and Perry

Namesake: James Knott, Kentucky governor
Seat: Hindman (1884–)

Land area: 352 square miles

Population (2020): 14,251

Population (historic): 5,438 (1890); 10,791 (1910); 15,230 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1950; 1970s

Subdivisions: Two cities

National Register listings: Six

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 486 (6.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 13.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 21.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 30.2%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $307
Average outbuilding value (1930): $106
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,856
Average farm size (1920): 35.2 acres
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Hindman

Namesake: James Hindman, Kentucky lieutenant governor

Founding: 1884 (platting); 1884 (post office); 1886 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 701

Population (historic): 331 (1900); 508 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1884–1940; 1950–1980
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 26 (7%)
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