Martin County, Indiana

 

Founding: 1820
Parent counties: Daviess and Dubois

Namesake: John Martin, Kentucky soldier
Seat: Hindustan (1820–1828); Mount Pleasant (1828–1844); Dover Hill (1844–1869); Shoals (1869–)

Land area: 336 square miles

Population (2020): 10,327

Population (historic): 1,032 (1820); 5,941 (1850); 13,475 (1880); 14,711 (1900); 10,103 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1900; 1930–1950; 1960–1980

Subdivisions: One city; two towns; two CDPs; six townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 617 (12.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 28.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 17.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $585
Average outbuilding value (1930): $526

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,661
Average farm size (1920): 71.9 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio and Kentucky

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Shoals

Namesake: Uncertain—likely a reference to the White River's bottomland

Founding: 1844 (platting as Memphis); 1869 (post office); 1872 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 677

Population (historic): 513 (1870); 683 (1900); 1,128 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1890; 1900–1930; 1940s; 1960s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 114 (24.3%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Aaron Houghton House (c. 1835). 2467 State Route 550. Center.
2. Lewis Brooks House (1832). 10708 Brooks House Road. Perry.

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