Starke County, Indiana

Founding: 1850 (declared in 1835)
Parent counties: St. Joseph and unorganized territory

Namesake: John Stark, Continental Army general
Seat: Knox (1851–)

Land area: 309 square miles

Population (2020): 23,371

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

Periods of population growth: 1840–1910; 1920–2000

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

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,955 (17.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 51.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 5.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.8%

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, Continental Army general

Founding: 1851 (platting); 1851 (post office); 1871 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 3,662

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

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1910; 1920–2000
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 488 (29%)

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Outstanding Buildings

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

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