Knox County, Indiana

 

Founding: 1790
Parent county: Unorganized territory

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

Land area: 516 square miles

Population (2020): 36,282

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

Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1920; 1930s; 1970s

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

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, Sieur de Vincennes, French explorer

Founding: 1732 (founding); 1799 (post office); 1814 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 16,759

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

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1950; 1960–1980
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,696 (32.2%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Robert McCord House (1836/1863). 2689 Brouillette Road. Palmyra. Greek Revival.
2. Upper Indiana Presbyterian Church (1913). 2345 Bruceville Road. Palmyra. Gothic Revival/Craftsman.
3. William Root Farm (c. 1860). 7237 Overhead Road. Palmyra. Greek Revival.
4. Palmyra Presbyterian Church (1892). 6607 Palmyra Road. Palmyra. Gothic Revival.
5. Royal Oak Presbyterian Church (1907). 8775 Royal Oak Church Road. Palmyra. Romanesque.
6. Shadowwood / Eugene Warf Farm (1916–1917). 6451 Wheatland Road. Palmyra. Classical Revival.
7. John Purcell House (1848–1850). 2774 Winkler Road. Palmyra. Greek Revival.
8. Andrew Nicholson Farm (1863). 12095 State Route 550. Steen.
9. Knox County Infirmary (1882). 2830 Arc Avenue. Vincennes. Romanesque.
10. Montclair / Ewing–Bayard Farm (1853/1911). 3890 Johnson Farm Road. Vincennes. Classical Revival.
11. Bethel Evangelical Church (1935). 13673 State Route 58. Widner. Gothic Revival.

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