Franklin County, Indiana

Founding: 1811
Parent counties: Clark and Dearborn

Namesake: Benjamin Franklin, Founding Father
Seat: Brookville (1811–)

Land area: 384 square miles

Population (2020): 22,785

Population (historic): 10,763 (1820); 17,968 (1850); 20,223 (1870); 16,388 (1900); 14,498 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820; 1830–1870; 1940–1960; 1970s; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: One city; five towns; three CDPs; 13 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,295 (23.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 53%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 18.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 15.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,222
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,126

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,067
Average farm size (1920): 76.5 acres
Sources of settlement: Germany, Ohio, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, New Jersey, and New York

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Brookville

Namesake: The name of a local resident

Founding: 1808 (platting as Brooksville); 1816 (post office); 1839 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,622

Population (historic): 1,177 (1850); 1,813 (1880); 2,037 (1900); 2,148 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1920; 1930–1980; 1990s; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 398 (30.8%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Perry Bake House (c. 1865). 14176 Harmony Road. Bath. Italianate.
2. Zachariah Davis Farm (c. 1830). 13083 Kunkel Road. Bath. Federal.
3. Isaac Howell Farm (1881). 15122 Liberty Pike. Bath. Second Empire.
4. Roscoe Sanford House (c. 1900). 1028 Oxford Pike. Bath. Queen Anne. Razed.
5. Samuel Murphy Farm (c. 1875). 8193 Oxford Pike. Brookville. Italianate.
6. Little Cedar Grove Baptist Church (1812). US Highway 52 and Little Cedar Road. Brookville.
7. St. Philomena Catholic Church (1869–1870). 16230 St. Mary Road. Butler. Gothic Revival.
8. John Hughes House (c. 1815). 9022 Tremont Place. Fairfield.
9. Joseph Hayward House (1826). 11141 Tupper Road. Fairfield. Federal.
10. Abraham Bossert Log House. Bossert Road, west of Klemme's Corner. Highland. Razed.
11. Wendel Weidenbach Log House. Glaub Road, south of St. Peter's Road. Highland. Razed.
12. Philip Gesell House (c. 1850). 10078 Long Hollow Road. Highland. Greek Revival.
13. School Number One (c. 1880). 8090 St. Peter Road. Highland. Italianate.
14. Elijah Smith House (c. 1840). 17077 Pine Hill Road. Metamora.
15. St. Francis Boarding House (1894). 3301 State Route 229. Ray.
16. William Seal Farm (c. 1830). 7100 Big Cedar Road. Springfield. Federal.
17. Joseph Shafer Farm (1883). 4099 Flinn Road. Springfield. Italianate.
18. William Beard Farm (c. 1875). 8004 State Line Road. Springfield. Italianate.
19. John Hall House (1858). 6045 Johnson Fork Road. Whitewater. Greek Revival.
20. George Rudicil Farm (c. 1855). 6025 US Highway 52. Whitewater. Greek Revival.
21. William Whitehead Farm (1823/1828). 6044 Wesley Chapel Road. Whitewater.

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