Greene County, Indiana

Founding: 1821
Parent county: Sullivan

Namesake: Nathanael Greene, Continental Army general
Seat: Burlington (1821–1824); Bloomfield (1824–)

Land area: 543 square miles

Population (2010): 33,165

Population (historic): 4,242 (1830); 16,041 (1860); 22,996 (1880); 28,530 (1900); 31,481 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1820–1880; 1890–1910; 1970s

Subdivisions: Two cities; five towns; two CDPs; 15 townships

National Register listings: Seven

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,066 (20.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 38.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $751
Average outbuilding value (1930): $543

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,441
Average farm size (1920): 69.1 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina

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Bloomfield

Namesake: A traditional name

Founding: 1824 (platting); 1825 (post office)

Population (2010): 2,405

Population (historic): 234 (1850); 656 (1870); 1,588 (1900); 2,298 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1910; 1920s; 1960s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 346 (27.2%)

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