Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

Founding: 1798
Parent counties: Christian and Logan

Namesake: Peter Muhlenberg, Pennsylvania politician
Seat: Greenville (1799–)

Land area: 467 square miles

Population (2020): 30,928

Population (historic): 1,293 (1800); 5,340 (1830); 10,725 (1860); 20,741 (1900); 37,784 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1930; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: Six cities; three CDPs

National Register listings: 12

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,005 (7.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 18.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 12%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 18.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $462
Average outbuilding value (1930): $217
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,836
Average farm size (1920): 44.3 acres
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Greenville

Namesake: Nathanael Greene, Continental Army general

Founding: 1799 (platting); 1801 (post office); 1848 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 4,492

Population (historic): 217 (1830); 557 (1870); 968 (1890); 1,604 (1910); 2,451 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1930; 1940–1990; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 192 (9.9%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Log House (remodeled c. 1855). 1435 Elk Pond Creek Road.
2. Farm (c. 1835). 744 Millport–Sacramento Road.