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

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.

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