Rockcastle County, Kentucky

Founding: 1810
Parent counties: Knox, Lincoln, Madison, and Pulaski

Namesake: The Rockcastle River
Seat: Mount Vernon (1810–)

Land area: 317 square miles

Population (2020): 16,037

Population (historic): 2,249 (1820); 4,697 (1850); 7,145 (1870); 12,416 (1900); 15,149 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1920; 1930s; 1970–2010

Subdivisions: Three cities

National Register listings: Four

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 664 (8.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 19.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 38.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 35.5%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $331
Average outbuilding value (1930): $188
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,302
Average farm size (1920): 37.8 acres
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Mount Vernon

Namesake: George Washington's plantation

Founding: 1790s (founding); 1813 (post office); 1818 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,453

Population (historic): 142 (1830); 156 (1860); 90 (1880); 422 (1900); 939 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1840; 1860s; 1880–1910; 1920–1990
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 101 (7.7%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Bennett Hiatt Log House (c. 1829). 140 Water Plant Road.