Fleming County, Kentucky

Founding: 1798
Parent county: Mason

Namesake: John Fleming (1735–1791), settler
Seat: Flemingsburg (1798–)

Land area: 349 square miles

Population (2010): 14,348

Population (historic): 5,016 (1800); 13,914 (1850); 17,074 (1900); 12,931 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1790–1830; 1870s; 1990s

Subdivisions: Two cities; one CDP

National Register listings: 10

Income (per capita): $22,222

Income (median household): $36,063
Business establishments: 249 (57.6 people per business)
Pre-1939 residences (estimated): 1,188 (18%)
Vacant houses: 1,059 (16%)
Sources of settlement: Virginia and Northern Ireland

Flemingsburg

Namesake: John Fleming (1735–1791), settler

Founding: 1797 (platting); 1801 (post office); 1812 (incorporation)

Population (2010): 2,658

Population (historic): 123 (1800); 759 (1850); 811 (1880); 1,265 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1800–1830; 1840s; 1870–1890; 1910s; 1930s; 1950–1980
Typology: Grid (with interrupting courthouse square)

First Courthouse

Location: Flemingsburg

Construction: 1798 (?)

Years of service: 1798–1828

Typology: Unknown; log

Style: None

Builder: Unknown

Cost: Unknown

Status: Razed

Features of note: Appearance unknown.

Second Courthouse

Photo from the University of Kentucky postcard collection.

Location: Courthouse Square (Flemingsburg)

Construction: 1828–1830 / 1869

Years of service: 1830–

Typology: Cubic; brick; two-story (with elevated basement)

Style: Federal

Builder: Samuel Stockwell

Cost: Unknown

Status: Razed

Features of note: Central octagonal clock tower; three-bay facade; trabeated doorway with fanlight; eight-over-eight windows; operable shutters; Classical Revival porch.

Third Courthouse

Photo by Sydney Poore.

Location: 100 Court Square (Flemingsburg)

Construction: 1951–1952

Years of service: 1952–

Typology: Cubic; brick; two-story (with elevated basement)

Style: Classical Revival

Architect: Kenroy, Cammack, and Scott

Cost: Unknown

Status: Extant; functional

Features of note: Central louvered cupola; pedimented window hoods; portico; dentils; Ionic columns; trabeated doorway with fanlight.


Sources: Wikipedia; Courthouse History; United States Census Bureau.