Dearborn County, Indiana

Founding: 1803
Parent counties: Clark and Hamilton

Namesake: Henry Dearborn, U.S. secretary of war
Seat: Lawrenceburg (1803–)

Land area: 305 square miles

Population (2010): 50,047

Population (historic): 7,310 (1810); 19,327 (1840); 24,116 (1870); 22,194 (1900); 21,056 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1800–1840; 1850s; 1870s; 1950s; 1970–2000

Subdivisions: Three cities; four towns; two CDPs; 14 townships

National Register listings: 28

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,710 (18.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 49.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 20.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,228
Average outbuilding value (1930): $945

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,145
Average farm size (1920): 65.1 acres
Sources of settlement: Germany, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Ireland, France, New York, and England

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Lawrenceburg

Namesake: Unknown

Founding: 1802 (platting)

Population (2010): 5,042

Population (historic): 2,651 (1850); 3,159 (1870); 4,326 (1900); 4,072 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1880; 1920s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 693 (28.5%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Vail House (c. 1835). Dutch Hollow Road, northeast of Millstone Drive. Center.
2. Billingsley House (1837). US Highway 50, south of Billingsley Drive. Center.
3. Jesse Holman House (1837). Veraestau Lane. Center. Greek Revival.
4. William Holman House (c. 1855/1875). Veraestau Lane. Center. Greek Revival/Italianate.
5. *Veraestau / Holman House (1838/1913). 4301 Veraestau Lane. Center. Greek Revival.
6. Martin Cozine Farm (c. 1835/1875). Wilmington Pike, west of Evans Lane. Center.
7. Preston Conaway Farm (c. 1835). 11286 Laughery Creek Road. Clay. Federal.
8. Abbott House (c. 1885). US Highway 50, at Gilday Lane. Clay. Eastlake. Razed.
9. Shafer Farm (c. 1825). 1241 Harrison–Brookville Road. Harrison. Federal.
10. Cheetham Farm (c. 1820). 1580 Pinhook Road. Harrison. Razed.
11. Herman Farm (c. 1820). 2215 Pinhook Road. Harrison.
12. Fermier House (c. 1845). 11824 Dearborn Road. Jackson.
13. Joseph Buchert House (1876). 11932 Dearborn Road. Jackson. Italianate.
14. House (c. 1875). 28702 Trackville Road. Jackson. Italianate.
15. Christian Weis House (1869). 10868 Woliung Road. Jackson.
16. House (c. 1860). 27644 Dog Ridge Road. Kelso.
17. Charles Stevens Farm (c. 1870). 420 Oberting Road. Lawrenceburg. Second Empire.
18. James Guard House (1865). 1204 Oberting Road. Lawrenceburg. Italianate.
19. Abram Roland House (1841). 654 State Route 48. Lawrenceburg. Greek Revival.
20. William McCullough House (1845). State Route 48, at Wilson Creek Road. Lawrenceburg. Greek Revival. Razed.
21. Henry Poellman House (1939). US Highway 50. Lawrenceburg. International. Razed.
22. Amos Rees House (c. 1870). US Highway 50. Lawrenceburg. Razed.
23. *Daniel Major Farm (c. 1860). 761 US Highway 50. Lawrenceburg. Italianate.
24. House (c. 1885). US Highway 50, northeast of Bielby Road. Lawrenceburg. Stick. Razed.
25. House (1848). 28483 Barber Road. Logan.
26. House (1816). State Route 46, west of Chappelow Hill Road. Logan.
27. *Dearborn County Asylum (1882). 11636 County Farm Road. Manchester. Italianate.
28. George Johnston House (c. 1820/1835). Hogan Road, east of Union Ridge Road. Manchester. Razed.
29. Joseph Johnston House (1847). 8824 Hogan Road. Manchester.
30. Kreitlein Farm (c. 1835). 8110 Hogan Road. Manchester.
31. Abram Hill Farm (c. 1840). 15535 Leffler Road. Manchester. Razed.
32. Baker House (c. 1840). 9735 State Route 48. Manchester. Italianate.
33. Smith House (1867). 22795 Brush Fork Road. Miller.
34. Blasdell House (c. 1825). Perfect Place, east of Pribble Road. Miller.
35. John Ewbank House (1832). 21233 State Route 1. Miller.
36. Dawson House (c. 1810). 4709 Taylor Lane. Miller.
37. Jacob Blasdell Farm (c. 1830). 19564 State Route 1. Miller.
38. Miller House (c. 1840). Disbro Road. Sparta.
39. House (c. 1865). 12784 Long Branch Road. Sparta. Italianate.
40. Brumblay House (c. 1830). 13182 Sparta Pike. Sparta. Federal.
41. McClure House (c. 1835). Laughery Creek Road. Washington. Federal. Razed.
42. Cole Log House (c. 1810). 6936 Laughery Creek Road. Washington.
43. John Walker Farm (c. 1875). 9221 US Highway 50. Washington. Italianate.
44. Tufts House (c. 1865). US Highway 50, at Cole Road. Washington. Gothic Revival. Razed.
45. George Snell Farm (c. 1835). 5942 Bonnell Road. York.
46. George Keller Farm (c. 1835). 9063 Bonnell Road. York.
47. Lally Farm (c. 1835). 6476 Cook Road. York.
48. James Angevine House (c. 1820). 7650 Hartman Road. York.
49. James Angevine Farm (c. 1830). 7850 Hartman Road. York.