Steuben County, Indiana

Founding: 1837 (declared in 1835)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Friedrich von Steuben, Continental Army general
Seat: Angola (1838–)

Land area: 309 square miles

Population (2020): 34,435

Population (historic): 2,578 (1840); 12,854 (1870); 15,219 (1900); 13,386 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1880; 1890s; 1920–2020

Subdivisions: One city; six towns; 12 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 4,346 (22%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 54.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 7.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.9%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,383
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,355

Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,787
Average farm size (1920): 78.7 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, New York, and Pennsylvania
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Angola

Namesake: Uncertain—likely the country of Angola

Founding: 1838 (platting); 1838 (post office); 1866 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 9,340

Population (historic): 226 (1850); 1,072 (1870); 2,141 (1900); 2,665 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1950; 1960–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 771 (22.6%)
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