Russell County, Kentucky

Founding: 1825
Parent counties: Adair, Cumberland, and Wayne

Namesake: William Russell, Virginia politician
Seat: Jamestown (1826–)

Land area: 254 square miles

Population (2020): 17,991

Population (historic): 3,879 (1830); 6,024 (1860); 7,591 (1880); 9,695 (1900); 11,930 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1860; 1870–1950; 1970–2020

Subdivisions: Two cities

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 243 (2.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 13.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 9.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 26.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 28.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $274
Average outbuilding value (1930): $179
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,152
Average farm size (1920): 36.5 acres
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Jamestown

Namesake: Unclear—perhaps Jamestown, Virginia

Founding: 1826 (platting as Jacksonville); 1826 (post office); 1827 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,867

Population (historic): 138 (1870); 154 (1890); 410 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870; 1880–1950; 1960–1990; 2000–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 45 (4.9%)
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