Marshall County, Kentucky

Founding: 1842
Parent county: Calloway

Namesake: John Marshall, Supreme Court chief justice
Seat: Benton (1842–)

Land area: 301 square miles

Population (2020): 31,659

Population (historic): 5,269 (1850); 9,455 (1870); 11,287 (1890); 15,771 (1910); 12,889 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1910; 1930s; 1950–2020

Subdivisions: Three cities; one CDP

National Register listings: Six

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 526 (3.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 17.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 2.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 10%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $398
Average outbuilding value (1930): $203
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,353
Average farm size (1920): 39 acres
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Benton

Namesake: Thomas Benton, Missouri politician

Founding: 1842 (platting); 1842 (post office); 1845 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 4,756

Population (historic): 165 (1860); 277 (1880); 664 (1900); 1,021 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 46 (2.1%)

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