Washington County, Indiana

Founding: 1814
Parent counties: Clark and Harrison

Namesake: George Washington, U.S. president
Seat: Salem (1814–)

Land area: 514 square miles

Population (2020): 28,182

Population (historic): 9,039 (1820); 17,040 (1850); 18,955 (1880); 19,409 (1900); 16,285 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1880; 1890s; 1930s; 1950–2010

Subdivisions: Eight towns; one CDP; 13 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,859 (15.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 44.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 9.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 15.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $781
Average outbuilding value (1930): $616

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,549
Average farm size (1920): 81.7 acres
Sources of settlement: Kentucky, North Carolina, and Virginia

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Salem

Namesake: Salem, North Carolina

Founding: 1814 (platting); 1814 (incorporation); 1816 (post office)

Population (2020): 6,371

Population (historic): 1,223 (1850); 1,294 (1870); 1,995 (1900); 3,194 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1860; 1870–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 653 (21.4%)

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