Knox County, Indiana

 

Founding: 1790
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Henry Knox, Continental Army officer
Seat: Vincennes (1790–)

Land area: 516 square miles

Population (2010): 38,440

Population (historic): 2,517 (1800); 10,657 (1840); 21,562 (1870); 32,746 (1900); 43,813 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1800–1840; 1850–1880; 1890–1920

Subdivisions: Two cities; seven towns; four CDPs; 10 townships

National Register listings: 20

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,259 (30.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 46.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 10%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,189
Average outbuilding value (1930): $897

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,458
Average farm size (1920): 106.4 acres
Sources of settlement: Germany, Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio, and Virginia

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Vincennes

Namesake: François-Marie Bissot, French explorer

Founding: 1732 (founding); 1799 (post office)

Population (2010): 18,423

Population (historic): 2,070 (1850); 5,440 (1870); 10,249 (1900); 17,564 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1920; 1960s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,696 (32.2%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. George McClure House (c. 1870). Bruceville Road, at Newell Road. Palmyra. Italianate. Razed.
2. Robert McCord House (1836/1863). 2689 SE 600E. Palmyra. Greek Revival.
3. *Rose Hill Farm / Martin Rose House (1827). 1565 Meyer Road. Palmyra. Razed.
4. William Root Farm (c. 1860). 7237 Overhead Road. Palmyra. Greek Revival.
5. *Shadowwood / Eugene Warf Farm (1916). 6451 Wheatland Road. Palmyra. Classical Revival.
6. John Purcell House (1848–1850). 2774 Winkler Road. Palmyra. Greek Revival.
7. *Andrew Nicholson Farm (1863). 12095 State Route 550. Steen.
8. *Montclair / Johnson Farm (1853/1911). 3890 Johnson Farm Road. Vincennes. Classical Revival.