Orange County, Indiana

Founding: February 1, 1816
Parent counties: Gibson, Knox, and Washington

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

Land area: 398 square miles

Population (2010): 19,840

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

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1870; 1890s; 1970s

Subdivisions: Four towns; ten townships

National Register listings: 15

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

Population (2010): 3,677

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

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1870; 1890s; 1910–1950; 1960–1980
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 294 (17.9%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Farm (c. 1840). 5639 US Highway 150. French Lick Township.
2. Lindley Farm (c. 1860). 4250 North 100W. Orleans Township. Italianate.
3. Wallace House (c. 1885). 6828 State Route 337. Orleans Township. Eastlake.
4. James Lindley Farm (c. 1875). 926 Old Orangeville Road. Paoli Township. Eastlake.
5. Turner Farm (c. 1880). 3830 State Route 37. Paoli Township. Italianate.
6. *Thomas Lindley House (c. 1845). Willow Creek Road. Paoli Township.
7. McIntosh Farm (1867). Fox Hunter Road, west of Patoka River. Southeast Township.
8. Alson Harvey Farm (c. 1850). 7428 US Highway 150. Stamper's Creek Township. Greek Revival.

1. *French Lick Springs Hotel (1901). 8670 State Route 56. French Lick. Classical Revival.
2. *Orange County Courthouse (1847). Courthouse Square. Paoli. Greek Revival.
3. *Thomas Braxtan House (1893). 210 North Gospel Street. Paoli. Queen Anne.
4. *West Baden National Bank (1917). State Route 56. West Baden Springs. Classical Revival.
5. *West Baden Springs Hotel (1901). State Route 56. West Baden Springs. Eclectic.