Randolph County, Indiana

Founding: 1818
Parent county: Wayne

Namesake: Peyton Randolph (1721–1775), Virginia politician
Seat: Winchester (1818–)

Land area: 452 square miles

Population (2010): 26,171

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

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1880

Subdivisions: Two cities; seven towns; 11 townships

National Register listings: 14

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 4,486 (38.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 62.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 11.2%
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); 1820 (post office)

Population (2010): 4,935

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

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

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Jesse McKinney Farm (1870). 8749 North 1150W. Green Township. Gothic Revival/Italianate.
2. Bowen House (1851). 9608 Arba Pike. Green's Fork Township. Federal.
3. Thornburg House (c. 1880). 607 South Main Street. Monroe Township. Italianate.
4. Driskill House (c. 1860). 12221 West 400S. Union Township. Italianate.
5. William King Farm (1876). 495 State Route 28. Ward Township. Second Empire.
6. Farm (c. 1880). 5334 US Highway 27. Washington Township. Italianate.
7. Bowen Farm (c. 1845). 8777 Greenville Pike. Wayne Township.
8. Cortner House (c. 1870). Huntsville Road, south of South 50S. White River Township. Italianate.
9. Thomas Ward Farm (1861). 298 Stockyard Road. White River Township. Italianate.
10. *Randolph County Infirmary (1899). 1882 US Highway 27. White River Township. Romanesque.

1. *Union City Public Library (1904). 408 North Columbia Street. Union City. Classical Revival.
2. *William Kerr House (1896). 501 North Columbia Street. Union City. Queen Anne.
3. *Kirshbaum Building (1876). North Columbia Street. Union City. Italianate.
4. *Randolph County Courthouse (1875). 100 South Main Street. Winchester. Second Empire.
5. *Asahel Stone House (1872). 201 West Orange Street. Winchester. Second Empire.