Fayette County, Indiana

 

Founding: 1819
Parent counties: Franklin, Wayne, and unorganized territory

Namesake: The Marquis de Lafayette, Continental Army general
Seat: Connersville (1818–)

Land area: 215 square miles

Population (2020): 23,398

Population (historic): 5,950 (1820); 10,217 (1850); 11,394 (1880); 13,495 (1900); 19,243 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1980

Subdivisions: One city; one town; nine townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,685 (24.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 57.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 27.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,956
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,645

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,081
Average farm size (1920): 96.8 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Virginia

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Connersville

Namesake: John Conner, platter

Founding: 1813 (platting); 1818 (post office); 1841 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 13,324

Population (historic): 596 (1840); 2,496 (1870); 6,836 (1900); 12,795 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1960
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,877 (28.9%)

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