Rockcastle County, Kentucky
Founding: 1810 Parent counties: Knox, Lincoln, Madison, and Pulaski Namesake: The Rockcastle River Seat: Mount Vernon (1810–) Land area: 317 square miles Population (2020): 16,037 Population (historic): 2,249 (1820); 4,697 (1850); 7,145 (1870); 12,416 (1900); 15,149 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1920; 1930s; 1970–2010 Subdivisions: Three cities Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 664 (8.5%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 19.8% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 7% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 38.8% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 35.5% Average farmhouse value (1930): $331 Average outbuilding value (1930): $188 Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.9 rooms Number of farms (1920): 2,302 Average farm size (1920): 37.8 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Mount Vernon Namesa...