Greenup County, Kentucky
Founding: 1804 Parent county: Mason Namesake: Christopher Greenup, Kentucky politician Seat: Greenup (1803–) Land area: 344 square miles Population (2020): 35,962 Population (historic): 2,369 (1810); 6,297 (1840); 11,463 (1870); 15,432 (1900); 24,554 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1850; 1860–1880; 1890–1940; 1950–1980; 1990–2010 Subdivisions: Eight cities Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,517 (9.3%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 29.2% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 8.2% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 19.3% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.5% Average farmhouse value (1930): $532 Average outbuilding value (1930): $258 Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.5 rooms Number of farms (1920): 2,023 Average farm size (1920): 43.1 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Greenup Namesak...