Franklin County, Indiana

Founding: February 1, 1811
Parent counties: Clark, Dearborn, and Knox

Namesake: Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), Founding Father
Seat: Brookville (1811–)

Land area: 384 square miles

Population (2010): 23,087

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

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1850; 1940s; 1970s; 1990s

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

National Register listings: 14

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

Founding: 1808 (platting); 1816 (post office)

Population (2010): 2,596

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

Periods of population growth: pre-1850; 1870s; 1940s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 398 (30.8%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. House (c. 1905). 14100 Harmony Road. Bath Township. Eastlake.
2. Isaac Howell Farm (1881). 15122 Liberty Pike. Bath Township. Second Empire.
3. Davis Farm (c. 1830). 13083 Kunkel Road. Bath Township. Federal.
4. Gray House (c. 1900). Oxford Pike, west of state line. Bath Township. Queen Anne. Razed.
5. *Little Cedar Grove Baptist Church (1812). Little Cedar Road, north of US Highway 52. Brookville Township.
6. Murphy Farm (c. 1875). 8193 Oxford Pike. Brookville Township. Italianate.
7. Hughes Farm (c. 1815). 9022 Tremont Drive. Fairfield Township. Federal.
8. Schneibly House (1826). 11141 Tupper Lane. Fairfield Township. Federal.
9. Robeson House (c. 1830). 4495 Blue Creek Road. Highland Township.
10. Gesell Log House. Bossert Road, west of Klemme's Corner. Highland Township. Razed.
11. Henry Benneker Log House. Glaub Road, south of St. Peter's Road. Highland Township. Razed.
12. Gesell Farm (c. 1850). 10078 Long Hollow Road. Highland Township. Greek Revival.
13. Weber House (c. 1840). 17077 Pine Hill Road. Metamora Township.
14. St. Francis Boarding House (1894). 330 State Route 229. Ray Township.
15. James Farm (c. 1830). 7100 Big Cedar Road. Springfield Township. Federal.
16. *Joseph Shafer Farm (1883). 4099 Flinn Road. Springfield Township. Italianate.
17. John Hall House (1858). 6045 Johnson Fork Road. Whitewater Township. Greek Revival.
18. Christopher Whitehead Farm (1823/1828). 6044 Wesley Chapel Road. Whitewater Township.

1. *Franklin County Seminary (1831). 412 5th Street. Brookville.
2. *Franklin County Courthouse (1851/1878/1912). 459 Main Street. Brookville. Classical Revival.