Dubois County, Indiana

Founding: 1818
Parent county: Pike

Namesake: Toussaint Dubois, Continental Army soldier
Seat: Portersville (1818–1830); Jasper (1830–)

Land area: 427 square miles

Population (2020): 43,637

Population (historic): 1,168 (1820); 10,394 (1860); 15,992 (1880); 20,357 (1900); 20,553 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1900; 1910–2020

Subdivisions: Two cities; three towns; one CDP; 12 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,451 (13.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 47.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 5.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $938
Average outbuilding value (1930): $749

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,261
Average farm size (1920): 78.8 acres
Sources of settlement: Germany, Kentucky, and Ohio

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Jasper

Namesake: Uncertain—possibly William Jasper, South Carolina soldier

Founding: 1830 (platting); 1832 (post office); 1866 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 16,703

Population (historic): 547 (1870); 1,863 (1900); 3,905 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 702 (10.3%)

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