Jay County, Indiana

 

Founding: 1836 (declared in 1835)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: John Jay, Founding Father
Seat: Portland (1837–)

Land area: 384 square miles

Population (2020): 20,478

Population (historic): 3,863 (1840); 11,399 (1860); 19,282 (1880); 26,818 (1900); 20,846 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1900; 1930–1950; 1960s; 1990s

Subdivisions: Two cities; four towns; 12 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,210 (34.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 58%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 6.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,155
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,135

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,532
Average farm size (1920): 79.6 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio and Pennsylvania

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Portland

Namesake: Portland, Maine

Founding: 1837 (platting); 1838 (post office); 1843 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 6,320

Population (historic): 462 (1870); 4,798 (1900); 5,276 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1920; 1930–1950; 1960s; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,009 (34.7%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Oak Grove School Ruins (1913). West 200 South and State Route 1. Knox. Romanesque.
2. John Schemenauer Farm (c. 1885). 6572 East 200 South. Noble. Italianate. Razed.
3. John Edmundson Farm (1868). 9089 Balbec Road. Penn.
4. Richard Hotmire House (c. 1875). 610 East 900 South. Pike. Italianate.
5. James Haines Farm (1884). 3168 Boundary Pike. Pike. Italianate.
6. James Gibson House (c. 1875). 8356 East 400 North. Wabash. Razed.
7. Holy Trinity Catholic Church (1886). 7321 State Route 67. Wabash. Gothic Revival.
8. St. Mary's Convent (c. 1860). 8147 State Route 67. Wabash. Razed.
9. Frederick Minck House (1919–1923). 2331 South 50 East. Wayne. Classical Revival.
10. Jonas Votaw Farm (1875). 1525 South Meridian Street. Wayne. Italianate.

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