Harlan County, Kentucky
Founding: 1819 Parent county: Knox Namesake: Silas Harlan, early Kentucky resident Seat: Harlan (1819–) Land area: 466 square miles Population (2020): 26,831 Population (historic): 1,961 (1820); 4,268 (1850); 5,278 (1880); 9,838 (1900); 65,557 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1860; 1870–1940; 1970s Subdivisions: Six cities; eight CDPs Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,057 (15.2%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 16.1% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 2.5% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 36.1% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 22.2% Average farmhouse value (1930): $497 Average outbuilding value (1930): $265 Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.6 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,452 Average farm size (1920): 25 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Harlan Namesake: Harlan...