Hamilton County, Indiana

Founding: 1823
Parent counties: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Alexander Hamilton, Founding Father
Seat: Noblesville (1824–)

Land area: 394 square miles

Population (2020): 347,467

Population (historic): 1,757 (1830); 17,310 (1860); 24,801 (1880); 29,914 (1900); 23,444 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1900; 1930–2020

Subdivisions: Four cities; four towns; nine townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,053 (4.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 60.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 9.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,569
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,394

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,868
Average farm size (1920): 73.2 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania

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Noblesville

Namesake: Uncertain—likely James Noble, Indiana politician

Founding: 1823 (platting); 1824 (post office); 1851 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 69,604

Population (historic): 664 (1850); 1,435 (1870); 4,792 (1900); 4,811 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1910; 1920–1960; 1970–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,416 (6.1%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. John Wilkinson House (c. 1875). 2514 East 99th Street. Clay. Italianate.
2. Orman Bond House (1874). 4721 East 146th Street. Clay. Gothic Revival.
3. Ebenezer Applegate House (c. 1846). 9680 Haverstick Road. Clay. Greek Revival.
4. John Kinzer House (1840). 1032 East Main Street. Clay. Greek Revival.
5. House (1910). 14550 River Road. Clay. Greek Revival. Razed.
6. William Conner House (1823). 13400 Allisonville Road. Delaware.
7. Andrew Kauffman Farm (1873). 7373 East 274th Street. Jackson. Italianate.
8. Jacob Whisler Farm (c. 1845). Crooked Creek Road, south of East 281st Street. Jackson. Greek Revival.
9. Peter Ilyes House (1886). 10777 Riverwood Avenue. Noblesville. Second Empire.
10. George Stalker House (c. 1870). Westfield Boulevard, south of 191st Street. Washington. Gothic Revival. Razed.
11. Zebedee Paulsel House (c. 1890). 13655 State Route 38. Wayne. Eastlake.
12. School Number Eight (1898). 14520 State Route 38. Wayne. Romanesque.
13. George Grubbs House (c. 1855). 23766 Couden Road. White River. Greek Revival/Italianate.

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