Hendricks County, Indiana

 

Founding: 1824
Parent counties: Unorganized territory

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

Land area: 407 square miles

Population (2010): 145,448

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

Periods of population growth: 1830–1880; 1940–1980; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: One city; 11 towns; 12 townships

National Register listings: 22

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); 1835 (incorporation)

Population (2010): 9,001

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

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1880; 1890s; 1920s; 1940–1980; 1990–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 618 (16.5%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. *David Wilson House (1848–1850). 10 Cartersburg Road. Center. Greek Revival.
2. James Hadley House (1831). 1300 South 250W. Center.
3. McCown Farm (c. 1875). 1404 State Route 236. Center. Italianate.
4. Edmund Hadley House (c. 1875). 5646 State Route 75. Eel River. Italianate.
5. *Sugar Grove Meeting House (c. 1870). East 600S. Guilford.
6. Jacob Chandler House (c. 1850). 9718 East 800S. Guilford. Greek Revival.
7. Joel Jessup Farm (c. 1864). 10479 East 800S. Guilford. Italianate.
8. Noah Kellum Farm (1872). 7290 South 1050E. Guilford. Italianate.
9. Wesley Kellum House (1862). 7303 South 1050E. Guilford. Italianate.
10. Carter Log House (1826/1870s). Stanley Road, west of Clark's Creek. Guilford. Razed.
11. Osborne House (c. 1870). Sugar Grove Road, south of Hummel Park. Guilford. Italianate. Razed.
12. Little House (c. 1895). 5334 US Highway 40. Guilford. Queen Anne.
13. *Jacob Jessup Farm (1862). 6726 White Lick Creek Road. Guilford. Italianate. Razed.
14. John Worrell Farm (c. 1860). 5231 State Route 39. Liberty.
15. Jacob Vandergrift House (1861). 3012 State Route 39. Liberty. Greek Revival.
16. Hufford House (c. 1860). 4228 350N. Middle. Greek Revival/Gothic Revival.
17. *John McClain House (1876). 1445 South 525E. Washington. Italianate.