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Wolfe County, Kentucky

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Founding:  1860 Parent counties:  Breathitt, Morgan, Owsley, and Powell Namesake:  Nathaniel Wolfe, Kentucky politician Seat:  Campton (1860–) Land area:  222 square miles Population (2020):  6,562 Population (historic):  3,603 (1870); 7,180 (1890); 9,864 (1910); 8,425 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1870–1910; 1930s; 1970s; 1990–2010 Subdivisions:  One city; one CDP Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  237 (6.4%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  10.4% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  24.9% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  26.1% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $309 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $157 Average farmhouse size (1940):  4.1 rooms Number of farms (1920):  1,299 Average farm size (1920):  57.2 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Campton Namesake:  Swift Camp Creek Founding:  1...