Letcher County, Kentucky
Founding: 1842 Parent counties: Harlan and Perry Namesake: Robert Letcher, Kentucky governor Seat: Whitesburg (1842–) Land area: 338 square miles Population (2020): 21,548 Population (historic): 2,512 (1850); 4,608 (1870); 6,920 (1890); 10,623 (1910); 35,702 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1940; 1970s Subdivisions: Four cities; four CDPs Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,566 (13.4%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 21.5% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 6% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 23% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 20% Average farmhouse value (1930): $342 Average outbuilding value (1930): $133 Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.6 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,601 Average farm size (1920): 31.8 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Whitesburg Namesake: Daugherty Whit...