Switzerland County, Indiana

Founding: 1814
Parent counties: Dearborn and Jefferson

Namesake: The country of Switzerland
Seat: Vevay (1814–)

Land area: 221 square miles

Population (2020): 9,737

Population (historic): 3,934 (1820); 12,932 (1850); 12,134 (1870); 11,840 (1900); 8,432 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1850; 1870s; 1970–2010

Subdivisions: Two towns; two CDPs; six townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,184 (22.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 39.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 18.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.2%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $896
Average outbuilding value (1930): $679

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,828
Average farm size (1920): 55.8 acres
Sources of settlement: Kentucky, Ohio, Germany, and Switzerland

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Vevay

Namesake: Vevey, Switzerland

Founding: 1813 (platting); 1816 (post office); 1836 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,741

Population (historic): 1,200 (1840); 1,198 (1860); 1,884 (1880); 1,588 (1900); 1,183 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840; 1920–1960; 1980–2000; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 311 (35.8%)

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