Randolph County, Indiana

Founding: 1818
Parent county: Wayne

Namesake: Peyton Randolph, Virginia politician
Seat: Winchester (1818–)

Land area: 452 square miles

Population (2020): 24,502

Population (historic): 1,808 (1820); 14,725 (1850); 22,862 (1870); 28,653 (1900); 24,859 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1910; 1930–1980; 1990s

Subdivisions: Two cities; seven towns; 11 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 4,486 (38.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 62.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 11.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,402
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,232

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,226
Average farm size (1920): 74.8 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Virginia

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Winchester

Namesake: Unknown—perhaps Winchester, Kentucky

Founding: 1818 (platting); 1818 (incorporation); 1820 (post office)

Population (2020): 4,843

Population (historic): 532 (1850); 1,456 (1870); 3,705 (1900); 4,487 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1910; 1920–1960; 1970s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 823 (35.2%)

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