Ohio County, Indiana

 

Founding: 1844
Parent county: Dearborn

Namesake: The Ohio River
Seat: Rising Sun (1844–)

Land area: 86 square miles

Population (2020): 5,940

Population (historic): 5,308 (1850); 5,837 (1870); 4,724 (1900); 3,747 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1870; 1930–1950; 1960–2010

Subdivisions: One city; four townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 689 (24.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 61.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 26%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 22.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,075
Average outbuilding value (1930): $777

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 584
Average farm size (1920): 74.6 acres
Sources of settlement: Germany, Ohio, and Pennsylvania

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Rising Sun

Namesake: Unknown—perhaps Rising Sun, Maryland

Founding: 1816 (platting); 1816 (post office); 1849 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,248

Population (historic): 1,674 (1850); 1,760 (1870); 1,548 (1900); 1,379 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1880; 1930–1980; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 417 (38.2%)

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