Bourbon County, Kentucky
Founding: 1786 Parent county: Fayette Namesake: The House of Bourbon Seat: Paris (1789–) Land area: 290 square miles Population (2020): 20,252 Population (historic): 7,837 (1790); 18,436 (1830); 14,863 (1870); 18,069 (1900); 18,060 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1790–1810; 1830s; 1850–1900; 1910s; 1950–1980; 1990–2020 Subdivisions: Three cities Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,692 (18.8%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 40.1% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 38.1% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 17.3% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 22.4% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,899 Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,077 Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.5 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,886 Average farm size (1920): 90.2 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Paris Namesake: Pa...