Lawrence County, Kentucky

Founding: 1821
Parent counties: Floyd and Greenup

Namesake: James Lawrence, U.S. naval officer
Seat: Louisa (1822–)

Land area: 416 square miles

Population (2020): 16,293

Population (historic): 3,900 (1830); 7,601 (1860); 13,262 (1880); 19,612 (1900); 16,713 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1910; 1930s; 1970s; 1990–2020

Subdivisions: Two cities

National Register listings: 11

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 506 (6.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 18.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 24.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 23%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $465
Average outbuilding value (1930): $196
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,616
Average farm size (1920): 58 acres
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Louisa

Namesake: Uncertain—perhaps a corruption of the name Levisa Fork

Founding: 1822 (platting); 1822 (post office); 1869 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,679

Population (historic): 87 (1830); 258 (1860); 496 (1880); 1,099 (1900); 1,931 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1920; 1930s; 1970–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 201 (16%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. David Garred Farm (c. 1860). 9154 US Highway 23. Gothic Revival.
2. *Ulysses Garred Farm (c. 1850). 10288 US Highway 23. Razed.
3. *Garred Chapel (c. 1870). US Highway 23, south of House Branch. Gothic Revival. Ruined.