Meade County, Kentucky

Founding: 1824
Parent counties: Breckinridge and Hardin

Namesake: James Meade, Kentucky infantry captain
Seat: Claysville (1824–1825); Brandenburg (1825–)

Land area: 305 square miles

Population (2020): 30,003

Population (historic): 4,131 (1830); 7,393 (1850); 9,485 (1870); 10,533 (1900); 8,042 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1880; 1890s; 1930–1960; 1970–2020

Subdivisions: Two cities; one CDP

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 674 (5.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 24%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 13.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 22.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $643
Average outbuilding value (1930): $455
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,524
Average farm size (1920): 70.6 acres
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Brandenburg

Namesake: Solomon Brandenburg, owner of the village site

Founding: 1825 (post office); 1872 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,894

Population (historic): 331 (1830); 618 (1860); 587 (1880); 218 (1900); 484 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1860; 1870s; 1900–1920; 1930–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 75 (5.6%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Doe Run Mill (c. 1790/1821). 500 Doe Run Inn Road.
2. Richardson House (c. 1880). 547 Lawrence Street. Gothic Revival.
3. Baskett House (c. 1885). 550 Lawrence Street. Italianate/Stick.
4. Leonard Burch House (c. 1830/1840s). 836 Oak Knoll Drive.
5. Doe Run Mill (c. 1860). Old Mill Road and Doe Run. Razed.
6. Farm (c. 1840/1890). 1580 Paradise Bottom Road.
7. St. Theresa Catholic Church (1855–1861). 9245 Rhodelia Road. Gothic Revival.

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