Spencer County, Indiana

Founding: January 10, 1818
Parent counties: Perry and Warrick

Namesake: Spier Spencer (c. 1770–1811), Indiana militia officer
Seat: Rockport (1818–)

Land area: 397 square miles

Population (2010): 20,952

Population (historic): 1,882 (1820); 8,616 (1850); 22,122 (1880); 16,713 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1820–1880; 1960–1980

Subdivisions: Seven towns; one CDP; nine townships

National Register listings: Seven

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,447 (16%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 34.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 7.5%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $763
Average outbuilding value (1930): $686

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,562
Average farm size (1920): 73.6 acres
Sources of settlement: Kentucky, Germany, and Ohio

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Rockport

Namesake: Outcroppings along the Ohio River

Founding: 1818 (platting); 1823 (post office)

Population (2010): 2,270

Population (historic): 412 (1850); 1,720 (1870); 2,882 (1900); 2,396 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1880; 1890s

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 380 (35%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Hoops House (c. 1855). County Road 600E. Clay Township. Greek Revival. Razed.
2. Ebert Log House (1884). County Road 2160N. Harrison Township. Razed.
3. Wagner Log House (c. 1840). County Road 2160N. Harrison Township. Razed.
4. George Huffman House (c. 1840). Huffman Mill Road. Harrison Township.
5. Bitkel Log House. Huffman Mill Road. Harrison Township.
6. Reinert House. State Route 545. Harrison Township.
7. Purcell House (c. 1845). Old Lamar Highway. Huff Township.
8. *William Jones House (1834). East 1575N. Jackson Township. Federal.
9. Shrode House (c. 1860). 1171 Silverdale Road. Ohio Township. Greek Revival/Italianate. Razed.

1. *St. Boniface Catholic Church (1865). State Route 545. Fulda. Romanesque.
2. *Mathias Sharp House (1867). 319 South 2nd Street. Rockport. Italianate.
3. *Spencer County Courthouse (1921). 200 Main Street. Rockport. Classical Revival.