Orange County, Indiana

Founding: 1816
Parent counties: Gibson, Knox, and Washington

Namesake: The House of Orange–Nassau
Seat: Paoli (1816–)

Land area: 398 square miles

Population (2020): 19,867

Population (historic): 5,368 (1820); 10,809 (1850); 13,497 (1870); 16,854 (1900); 17,459 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1910; 1920s; 1960–1980; 1990–2020

Subdivisions: Four towns; ten townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,613 (17.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 32.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $783
Average outbuilding value (1930): $575

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,315
Average farm size (1920): 62.5 acres
Sources of settlement: Kentucky, North Carolina, and Tennessee

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Paoli

Namesake: Pasquale Paoli Ash, son of a North Carolina governor

Founding: 1816 (platting); 1817 (post office); 1832 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 3,666

Population (historic): 461 (1850); 696 (1880); 1,186 (1900); 2,016 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1980; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 294 (17.9%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Farm (c. 1840). 5639 US Highway 150. French Lick.
2. Lindley Farm (c. 1860). 4250 North 100 West. Orleans. Italianate.
3. Wallace House (c. 1885). 6828 State Route 337. Orleans. Eastlake.
4. James Lindley Farm (c. 1875). 926 North 275 West. Paoli. Eastlake.
5. Turner Farm (c. 1880). 3952 State Route 37. Paoli. Italianate.
6. Thomas Lindley House (c. 1845). 1563 Willow Creek Road. Paoli.
7. McIntosh Farm (1867). 6017 South 325 East. Southeast.
8. Alson Harvey Farm (c. 1850). 7428 US Highway 150. Stamper's Creek. Greek Revival.

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