Jessamine County, Kentucky
Founding: 1799 Parent county: Fayette Namesake: Jessamine Creek Seat: Nicholasville (1799–) Land area: 172 square miles Population (2020): 52,991 Population (historic): 5,461 (1800); 9,960 (1830); 8,638 (1870); 11,925 (1900); 12,431 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1830; 1840s; 1870–1910; 1920s; 1940–2020 Subdivisions: Two cities; one CDP Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 872 (4.3%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 33.8% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 23.7% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.8% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 20.9% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,523 Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,157 Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.4 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,534 Average farm size (1920): 57.5 acres ___________________________________________________________________________________ Nicholasville Namesake: Geo...