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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Outstanding Buildings

1. Jesse McKinney Farm (1870). 8749 North 1150 West. Green. Gothic Revival/Italianate.
2. James Bowen House (1851). 9608 Arba Pike. Green's Fork. Federal.
3. Dennis Thornburgh House (c. 1880). 607 South Main Street. Monroe. Italianate.
4. Allen Driskill House (c. 1860). 12221 West 400 South. Union. Italianate.
5. House (c. 1895). 1674 East 500 North. Ward. Queen Anne.
6. William King Farm (1876). 495 State Route 28. Ward. Second Empire.
7. Ward Township School (1910). 7450 US Highway 27. Ward. Classical Revival.
8. John Hinshaw Farm (c. 1880). 5334 US Highway 27. Washington. Italianate.
9. John Griffis Farm (c. 1845). 8777 Greenville Pike. Wayne.
10. Andrew Cortner House (c. 1870). 1174 Huntsville Road. White River. Italianate.
11. Thomas Ward Farm (1861). 298 Stockyard Road. White River. Italianate.
12. Randolph County Infirmary (1899). 1882 US Highway 27. White River. Romanesque.

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