Harrison County, Indiana
Founding: 1808
Parent counties: Clark and Knox
Parent counties: Clark and Knox
Namesake: William Henry Harrison, U.S. president
Seat: Corydon (1808–)
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%
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): $698Average 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
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%)
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 477 (28.1%)
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Outstanding Buildings
- Hise Farm (c. 1875). 16090 Kintner Bottoms Road. Boone. Italianate.
- *Jacob Kintner Farm (1837). Kintner Bottoms Road. Boone. Greek Revival.
- Arnold Farm (1881). 6005 Corydon Ridge Road. Franklin.
- Deutsch Farm (1879). 430 Pfrimmer's Chapel Road. Franklin. Italianate.
- George Charley Farm (1809/1860s). Big Indian Road. Harrison.
- Log House (c. 1810). 3990 Valley View Road. Harrison.
- Philip Sonner Log House (1809). New Amsterdam Road, west of New Amsterdam. Washington. Razed.
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