Washington County, Indiana

Founding: 1813
Parent counties: Clark, Harrison, and Knox

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

National Register listings: Ten

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); 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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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Beck's Mill (1864). Beck's Mill Road, north of Vincennes Trail. Howard.
2. Samuel Patton Farm (1880). 10154 McCullough Road. Madison. Second Empire.
3. Log House (c. 1865). 11135 Providence Hill Road. Madison.
4. John Bowman House (c. 1845). 3815 Eastern School Road. Polk.
5. House (1896). Medlock Road. Washington. Queen Anne.
6. William Trueblood Farm (1829). 2293 Quaker Road. Washington.
7. Samuel Lindley Log House (1811). Quaker Road. Washington.
8. John Allen Log House (c. 1850). 210 Rush Creek Road. Washington.