Laurel County, Kentucky

Founding: 1825
Parent counties: Clay, Knox, Rockcastle, and Whitley

Namesake: The Laurel River
Seat: London (1825–)

Land area: 434 square miles

Population (2020): 62,613

Population (historic): 2,206 (1830); 5,488 (1860); 9,131 (1880); 17,592 (1900); 21,109 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1910; 1920–1950; 1960–2020

Subdivisions: One city; two CDPs

National Register listings: Nine

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,050 (4.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 16.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 4.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 20.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 22.2%

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.3 rooms
Average farmhouse value (1930): $402
Average outbuilding value (1930): $173
Number of farms (1920): 2,937
Average farm size (1920): 35.2 acres
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London

Namesake: London, England

Founding: 1825 (platting); 1831 (post office); 1836 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 8,053

Population (historic): 235 (1860); 215 (1880); 1,147 (1900); 1,950 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880; 1880–1910; 1920–1960; 1980s; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 210 (5.6%)
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