Harrison County, Indiana

 

Founding: 1808
Parent counties: Clark and Knox

Namesake: William Henry Harrison, U.S. president
Seat: Corydon (1808–)

Land area: 485 square miles

Population (2020): 39,654

Population (historic): 3,595 (1810); 12,459 (1840); 19,913 (1870); 21,702 (1900); 17,254 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1880; 1890s; 1940–2020

Subdivisions: 10 towns; one CDP; 12 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,392 (14.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 45.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 10.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 15.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $698
Average outbuilding value (1930): $574

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,048
Average farm size (1920): 60.1 acres
Sources of settlement: Kentucky, Germany, and Virginia

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Corydon

Namesake: A stock name from Greco-Roman pastoral literature

Founding: 1808 (platting); 1811 (post office); 1817 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 3,153

Population (historic): 462 (1850); 763 (1880); 1,610 (1900); 2,009 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1930; 1940–1980; 1990–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 477 (28.1%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Jacob Kintner Farm (1837). 15000 Kintner Bottoms Road. Boone. Greek Revival.
2. Colatnus Dalton Farm (c. 1875). 16170 Kintner Bottoms Road. Boone. Italianate.
3. John Arnold Farm (1881). 6005 Corydon Ridge Road. Franklin. Greek Revival.
4. John Deutsch Farm (1879). 720 Pfrimmer's Chapel Road. Franklin. Italianate.
5. George Charley Farm (1809/1860s). 775 Big Indian Road. Harrison. Greek Revival/Gothic Revival.
6. John Brengman Log House (c. 1810). 3223 Valley View Road. Harrison.
7. Philip Sonner Log House (1809). 6561 New Amsterdam Road. Washington. Razed.

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