Gibson County, Indiana

Founding: 1813
Parent county: Knox

Namesake: John Gibson, Indiana politician
Seat: Princeton (1814–)

Land area: 487 square miles

Population (2010): 33,503

Subdivisions: Two cities; nine towns; ten townships

National Register listings: Nine

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,252 (21.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 39.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 7.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 10%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,166
Average outbuilding value (1930): $769

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,563
Average farm size (1920): 92.4 acres
Sources of settlement: Kentucky, Germany, Illinois, Ohio, and Tennessee

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Princeton

Namesake: William Prince, local resident

Founding: 1814 (platting); 1816 (post office)

Population (2010): 8,644

Population (historic): 806 (1850); 1,847 (1870); 6,041 (1900); 7,505 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1900; 1910s; 1970s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,159 (29.7%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. George Peed House (c. 1875). 5406 State Route 56. Washington. Italianate.
2. *Trippett Farm (c. 1850). State Route 65, northeast of 175E. Washington.
3. French Farm (c. 1836/1915). 4806 Old US Highway 41. White River. Italianate/Classical Revival.