Morgan County, Kentucky

Founding: 1822
Parent counties: Bath and Floyd

Namesake: Daniel Morgan, Continental Army general
Seat: West Liberty (1823–)

Land area: 381 square miles

Population (2020): 13,726

Population (historic): 2,857 (1830); 9,237 (1860); 8,455 (1880); 12,792 (1900); 15,130 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1860; 1870–1920; 1930s; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: One city; one CDP

National Register listings: Nine

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 334 (5.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 14.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 0.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 17.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 21.2%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $296
Average outbuilding value (1930): $156
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,889
Average farm size (1920): 44.2 acres
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West Liberty

Namesake: Unclear

Founding: 1823 (incorporation); 1828 (post office)

Population (2020): 3,215

Population (historic): 142 (1870); 234 (1890); 442 (1910); 569 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1890; 1900–1970; 1980–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 63 (6.6%)
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