Martin County, Indiana
Founding: 1820
Parent counties: Daviess and Dubois
Parent counties: Daviess and Dubois
Namesake: John Martin, Kentucky soldier
Seat: Hindustan; Mount Pleasant; Trinity Springs; Shoals
Seat: Hindustan; Mount Pleasant; Trinity Springs; Shoals
Land area: 336 square miles
Population (2010): 10,334
Population (historic): 1,032 (1820); 5,941 (1850); 13,475 (1880); 14,711 (1900); 10,103 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1820–1880
Subdivisions: One city; two towns; two CDPs; six townships
National Register listings: Two
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 617 (12.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 28.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 4%
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): $585Average 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
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)
Population (2010): 756
Population (historic): 513 (1870); 683 (1900); 1,128 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1880; 1900s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 114 (24.3%)
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 114 (24.3%)
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Outstanding Buildings
- Aaron Houghton House (c. 1835). 2467 State Route 550. Center.
- Lewis Brooks House (1832). 10708 Brooks House Road. Perry.
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