Lee County, Kentucky

Founding: 1870
Parent counties: Breathitt, Estill, Owsley, and Wolfe

Namesake: Robert E. Lee, Confederate general
Seat: Proctor (1870–1872); Beattyville (1872–)

Land area: 209 square miles

Population (2020): 7,395

Population (historic): 4,254 (1880); 7,988 (1900); 9,729 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1920; 1930s; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: One city

National Register listings: Nine

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 237 (6.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 13.2% 

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 28.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 27%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $365
Average outbuilding value (1930): $127
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,084
Average farm size (1920): 36.6 acres
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Beattyville

Namesake: Samuel Beatty, local resident

Founding: circa 1851 (founding); 1858 (post office); 1872 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,176

Population (historic): 123 (1870); 696 (1900); 906 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1910; 1930–1960; 1970–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 40 (5.7%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Farm (c. 1890). 9150 State Route 52.