Powell County, Kentucky

Founding: 1852
Parent counties: Clark, Estill, and Montgomery

Namesake: Lazarus Powell, Kentucky governor
Seat: Stanton (1852–)

Land area: 179 square miles

Population (2020): 13,129

Population (historic): 2,257 (1860); 3,639 (1880); 6,443 (1900); 5,800 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900; 1910s; 1930s; 1960–2000; 2010s

Subdivisions: Two cities

National Register listings: 17

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 265 (4.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 12.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 9.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 22.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 19.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $418
Average outbuilding value (1930): $236
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 844
Average farm size (1920): 37.5 acres
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Stanton

Namesake: Richard Stanton, Kentucky politician

Founding: 1849 (post office); 1854 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 3,251

Population (historic): 59 (1860); 98 (1880); 192 (1900); 423 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–2000; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 84 (7.4%)
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