Whitley County, Kentucky

Founding: 1818
Parent county: Knox

Namesake: William Whitley, early Kentucky resident
Seat: Williamsburg (1819–)

Land area: 438 square miles

Population (2020): 36,712

Population (historic): 2,340 (1820); 7,447 (1850); 8,278 (1870); 25,015 (1900); 29,730 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1910; 1920–1940; 1970s; 1990s; 2010s

Subdivisions: Two cities; three CDPs

National Register listings: 13

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,021 (6.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 17.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 2.3%

Farm housing disrepair (1950): 38.7%

Nonfarm housing disrepair (1950): 22.9%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $283
Average outbuilding value (1930): $115
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,614
Average farm size (1920): 39.9 acres
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Williamsburg

Namesake: Uncertain—perhaps Williamsburg, Virginia

Founding: 1819 (platting); 1819 (post office); 1851 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 5,326

Population (historic): 126 (1860); 208 (1880); 1,495 (1900); 1,826 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1910; 1920–1980; 2000–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 162 (9.4%)
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