Marion County, Kentucky

Founding: 1834
Parent county: Washington

Namesake: Francis Marion, Continental Army officer
Seat: Lebanon (1834–)

Land area: 343 square miles

Population (2020): 19,581

Population (historic): 11,032 (1840); 12,593 (1860); 14,693 (1880); 16,290 (1900); 15,499 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1910; 1930–1950; 1970s; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: Five cities

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 816 (9.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 30.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 17.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 17.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 15.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $713
Average outbuilding value (1930): $580
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,970
Average farm size (1920): 62.8 acres
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Lebanon

Namesake: The country of Lebanon

Founding: 1814 (platting); 1815 (incorporation); 1816 (post office)

Population (2020): 6,274

Population (historic): 384 (1830); 953 (1860); 2,054 (1880); 3,043 (1900); 3,248 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1980; 1990s; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 299 (10.5%)
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