Menifee County, Kentucky

Founding: 1869
Parent counties: Bath, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell, and Wolfe

Namesake: Richard Menefee, Kentucky politician
Seat: Frenchburg (1869–)

Land area: 204 square miles

Population (2020): 6,113

Population (historic): 1,986 (1870); 6,818 (1900); 4,958 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1900; 1930s; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: One city

National Register listings: Six

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 133 (3.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 11.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 28.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 26.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $231
Average outbuilding value (1930): $139
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,055
Average farm size (1920): 38.7 acres
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Frenchburg

Namesake: Robert French, local lawyer

Founding: 1869 (platting); 1871 (post office); 1871 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 601

Population (historic): 143 (1880); 210 (1900); 246 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1890; 1910s; 1930s; 1950–1990; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 15 (5.1%)
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