Magoffin County, Kentucky

Founding: 1860
Parent counties: Floyd, Johnson, and Morgan

Namesake: Beriah Magoffin, Kentucky governor
Seat: Salyersville (1860–)

Land area: 308 square miles

Population (2020): 11,637

Population (historic): 4,684 (1870); 9,196 (1890); 13,654 (1910); 15,719 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1940; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: One city

National Register listings: Three

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 328 (5.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 11.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 3.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 25.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 33.6%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $360
Average outbuilding value (1930): $141
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,231
Average farm size (1920): 42.5 acres
_________________________________________________________________________________

Salyersville

Namesake: Samuel Salyer, Kentucky politician

Founding: 1860 (platting); 1861 (post office); 1867 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,591

Population (historic): 106 (1870); 339 (1890); 310 (1910); 446 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1860–1890; 1900–1940; 1960–1990; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 101 (11.7%)
_________________________________________________________________________________



View and filter the data. Or see a larger map.
_________________________________________________________________________________

Outstanding Buildings

1. *Benjamin Gardner Log House (c. 1830). 136 Licking Station Road.