Menifee County, Kentucky
Founding: 1869 Parent counties: Bath, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell, and Wolfe Namesake: Richard Menefee, Kentucky politician Seat: Frenchburg (1869–) Land area: 204 square miles Population (2020): 6,113 Population (historic): 1,986 (1870); 6,818 (1900); 4,958 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1900; 1930s; 1970s; 1990s Subdivisions: One city Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 133 (3.4%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 11.8% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 28.1% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 26.8% Average farmhouse value (1930): $231 Average outbuilding value (1930): $139 Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.1 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,055 Average farm size (1920): 38.7 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Frenchburg Namesake: Robert French, local lawyer Founding: 1869 (platting); ...