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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