Clark County, Indiana

Founding: 1801
Parent county: Knox

Namesake: George Rogers Clark, Virginia militia officer
Seat: Springville (1801); Charlestown (1810–1873); Jeffersonville (1802–1810, 1873–)

Land area: 373 square miles

Population (2020): 121,093

Population (historic): 5,670 (1810); 14,595 (1840); 20,502 (1860); 31,835 (1900); 30,764 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1900; 1920–1980; 1990–2020

Subdivisions: Two cities; four towns; three CDPs; 12 townships

National Register listings: 18

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,973 (8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 45.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 17.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 17.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,039
Average outbuilding value (1930): $653

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,002
Average farm size (1920): 70.5 acres
Sources of settlement: Kentucky, Germany, Ohio, Ireland, and Pennsylvania

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Jeffersonville

Namesake: Thomas Jefferson, Founding Father

Founding: 1802 (platting); 1803 (post office)

Population (2020): 49,447

Population (historic): 2,122 (1850); 7,254 (1870); 10,774 (1900); 11,946 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1900; 1920s; 1940–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,683 (8%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. David Lutz House (c. 1835). 7602 High–Jackson Road. Charlestown. Federal.
2. *John Work House (1811). 3709 Tunnel Mill Road. Charlestown.
3. John Hoffman House (c. 1900). 2405 Utica Pike. Jeffersonville. Queen Anne.
4. Ensley Hilton Log House. 5017 King Road. Utica.