The Great American Survey: A Slapdash Database of Historic Buildings

Founding:  1818 Parent county:  Knox Namesake:  William Whitley, Kentucky politician Seat:  Williamsburg (1819–) Land area:  438 square miles Population (2020):  36,712 Population (historic):  2,340 (1820); 7,447 (1850); 8,278 (1870); 25,015 (1900); 29,730 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1820–1910; 1920–1940; 1970s; 1990s; 2010s Subdivisions:  Two cities; three CDPs Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  1,021 (6.6%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  17.8% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  2.3% Farm housing disrepair (1950):  38.7% Nonfarm housing disrepair (1950):  22.9% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $283 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $115 Average farmhouse size (1940):  4 rooms Number of farms (1920):  2,614 Average farm size (1920):  39.9 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Williamsburg Nam...

Founding:  1838 (declared in 1835) Parent county:  Unorganized territory Namesake:  William Whitley, Kentucky politician Seat:  Columbia City (1839–) Land area:  336 square miles Population (2020):  34,191 Population (historic):  1,237 (1840); 10,730 (1860); 16,941 (1880); 17,328 (1900); 15,931 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1840–1890; 1920–2020 Subdivisions:  One city; three towns; one CDP; nine townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  3,367 (23.1%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  66.7% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  6.6% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  6.1% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  6.3% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $1,475 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $1,513 Average farmhouse size (1940):  6.8 rooms Number of farms (1920):  2,041 Average farm size (1920):  78.2 acres Sources of settlement:  Ohio, Pennsylvania, an...