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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