Fleming County, Kentucky
Founding: 1798 Parent county: Mason Namesake: John Fleming, local resident Seat: Flemingsburg (1798–) Land area: 349 square miles Population (2020): 15,082 Population (historic): 5,016 (1800); 13,268 (1840); 13,398 (1870); 17,074 (1900); 12,931 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1830; 1840s; 1860–1900; 1930s; 1960–1980; 1990–2020 Subdivisions: Two cities; one CDP Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 935 (14%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 34.4% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 28.1% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 23% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 15.6% Average farmhouse value (1930): $728 Average outbuilding value (1930): $569 Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.5 rooms Number of farms (1920): 3,123 Average farm size (1920): 50 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Flemingsbu...