Magoffin County, Kentucky
Founding: 1860 Parent counties: Floyd, Johnson, and Morgan Namesake: Beriah Magoffin, Kentucky governor Seat: Salyersville (1860–) Land area: 308 square miles Population (2020): 11,637 Population (historic): 4,684 (1870); 9,196 (1890); 13,654 (1910); 15,719 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1940; 1970s; 1990s Subdivisions: One city Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 328 (5.4%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 11.5% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 3.6% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 25.8% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 33.6% Average farmhouse value (1930): $360 Average outbuilding value (1930): $141 Average farmhouse size (1940): 4 rooms Number of farms (1920): 2,231 Average farm size (1920): 42.5 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Salyersville Namesake: Samuel ...