McCreary County, Kentucky

Founding: 1912
Parent counties: Pulaski, Wayne, and Whitley

Namesake: James McCreary, Kentucky governor
Seat: Whitley City (1912–)

Land area: 427 square miles

Population (2020): 16,888

Population (historic): 11,676 (1920); 14,627 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1920–1950; 1960–1980; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: Three CDPs

National Register listings: Three

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 386 (5.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 13.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 38.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 35.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $260
Average outbuilding value (1930): $96

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,161
Average farm size (1920): 23.5 acres
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Whitley City

Namesake: William Whitley, early Kentucky resident

Founding: 1912 (post office)

Population (2020): 968

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 17 (3%)
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