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 (2010): 39,364

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

Periods of population growth: 1810–1860; 1970s; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: Ten towns; one CDP; 12 townships

National Register listings: Six

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: Unknown

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

Population (2010): 3,122

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

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1870; 1880–1900; 1950s; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 477 (28.1%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Hise Farm (c. 1875). 16090 Kintner Bottoms Road. Boone. Italianate.
2. *Jacob Kintner Farm (1837). Kintner Bottoms Road. Boone. Greek Revival.
3. Arnold Farm (1881). 6005 Corydon Ridge Road. Franklin.
4. Deutsch Farm (1879). 430 Pfrimmer's Chapel Road. Franklin. Italianate.
5. George Charley Farm (1809/1860s). Big Indian Road. Harrison.
6. Log House (c. 1810). 3990 Valley View Road. Harrison.
7. Philip Sonner Log House (1809). New Amsterdam Road, west of New Amsterdam. Washington. Razed.