Wolfe County, Kentucky

Founding: 1860
Parent counties: Breathitt, Morgan, Owsley, and Powell

Namesake: Nathaniel Wolfe, Kentucky politician
Seat: Campton (1860–)

Land area: 222 square miles

Population (2020): 6,562

Population (historic): 3,603 (1870); 7,180 (1890); 9,864 (1910); 8,425 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1910; 1930s; 1970s; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: One city; one CDP

National Register listings: Four

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 237 (6.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 10.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 24.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 26.1%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $309
Average outbuilding value (1930): $157
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,299
Average farm size (1920): 57.2 acres
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Campton

Namesake: Swift Camp Creek

Founding: 1860 (platting); 1867 (post office); 1870 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 316

Population (historic): 67 (1870); 317 (1890); 326 (1910); 337 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870; 1880s; 1920–1940; 1970s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 27 (7.1%)
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