Hendricks County, Indiana

 

Founding: 1824
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: William Hendricks, Indiana governor
Seat: Danville (1824–)

Land area: 407 square miles

Population (2020): 174,788

Population (historic): 3,975 (1830); 16,953 (1860); 22,981 (1880); 21,292 (1900); 19,725 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1880; 1930–2020

Subdivisions: One city; 11 towns; 12 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,381 (5.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 61.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 9.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,376
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,068

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,526
Average farm size (1920): 78.3 acres
Sources of settlement: Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, and Virginia

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Danville

Namesake: Danville, Kentucky

Founding: 1824 (platting); 1825 (post office); 1839 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 10,559

Population (historic): 386 (1850); 1,040 (1870); 1,802 (1900); 1,930 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1880; 1890s; 1910–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 618 (16.5%)

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