Starke County, Indiana

Founding: February 7, 1835
Parent counties: Unorganized territory

Namesake: John Stark (1728–1822), Revolutionary War general
Seat: Knox (1851–)

Land area: 309 square miles

Population (2010): 23,363

Population (historic): 149 (1840); 2,195 (1860); 5,150 (1880); 10,431 (1900); 10,620 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1840–1900; 1930–1960; 1970s

Subdivisions: One city; two towns; three CDPs; nine townships

National Register listings: Two

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,955 (17.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 51.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 5.9%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,267
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,107

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,402
Average farm size (1920): 87.3 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, Germany, and Pennsylvania

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Knox

Namesake: Henry Knox (1750–1806), Founding Father

Founding: 1851 (platting)

Population (2010): 3,704

Population (historic): 124 (1860); 316 (1880); 1,466 (1900); 1,815 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1860–1900; 1920–1960
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 488 (29%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. House (c. 1880). 3715 East 400N. Davis Township. Italianate.

1. *Starke County Courthouse (1897). Courthouse Square. Knox. Richardsonian Romanesque.