Kenton County, Kentucky
Founding: 1840 Parent county: Campbell Namesake: Simon Kenton, frontiersman Seats: Independence (1840–) and Covington Land area: 160 square miles Population (2020): 169,064 Population (historic): 17,038 (1850); 36,096 (1870); 63,591 (1900); 93,534 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1930; 1940–2020 Subdivisions: 18 cities Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 14,813 (21.3%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 54% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 18.5% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.9% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.9% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,914 Average outbuilding value (1930): $959 Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.1 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,334 Average farm size (1920): 48.5 acres Sources of settlement: Virginia, Kentucky, Germany, and Ireland ________________________________________________________...