LaRue County, Kentucky
Founding: 1843 Parent county: Hardin Namesake: John LaRue, local settler Seat: Hodgenville (1843–) Land area: 262 square miles Population (2020): 14,867 Population (historic): 5,859 (1850); 8,235 (1870); 10,764 (1900); 9,093 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1880; 1890s; 1930–1980; 1990–2020 Subdivisions: One city; two CDPs Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 838 (13.2%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 26.5% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 9% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 25.4% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 18.7% Average farmhouse value (1930): $710 Average outbuilding value (1930): $510 Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.7 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,569 Average farm size (1920): 69.7 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Hodgenville Namesake: Robert Hodgen, ...