Pike County, Kentucky

Founding: 1821
Parent county: Floyd

Namesake: Zebulon Pike, American explorer
Seat: Pikeville (1824–)

Land area: 787 square miles

Population (2020): 58,669

Population (historic): 2,677 (1830); 7,384 (1860); 13,001 (1880); 22,686 (1900); 63,267 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1950; 1970s

Subdivisions: Three cities; five CDPs

National Register listings: 16

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,683 (5.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 15.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 3.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 24.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 20.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $473
Average outbuilding value (1930): $168
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 4,471
Average farm size (1920): 29.8 acres
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Pikeville

Namesake: Zebulon Pike, American explorer

Founding: 1824 (platting); 1825 (post office); 1848 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 7,754

Population (historic): 140 (1870); 456 (1890); 1,280 (1910); 3,376 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1900–1950; 1960s; 1980s; 2000–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 241 (7.1%)
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