Vanderburgh County, Indiana

Founding: 1818
Parent counties: Gibson, Posey, and Warrick

Namesake: Henry Vanderburgh, Continental Army soldier
Seat: Evansville (1818–)

Land area: 233 square miles

Population (2020): 179,987

Population (historic): 1,798 (1820); 11,414 (1850); 33,145 (1870); 71,769 (1900); 113,320 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1970; 1990–2020

Subdivisions: One city; one town; two CDPs; eight townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 15,961 (19%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 43.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 15%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,595
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,190

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,680
Average farm size (1920): 67.6 acres
Sources of settlement: Germany and Kentucky

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Evansville

Namesake: Robert Evans, Indiana politician

Founding: 1814 (platting); 1814 (post office); 1817 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 117,298

Population (historic): 993 (1820); 3,235 (1850); 21,830 (1870); 59,007 (1900); 102,249 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1840; 1850–1930; 1940–1960
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 14,286 (24.1%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. McJohnston Chapel (1880). 2200 Kansas Road. Center. Gothic Revival.
2. School Number Six (1893). 7835 Big Cynthiana Road. German. Romanesque.
3. Lorenz Fischer Log House (mid-19th century). Fischer Road, south of Deer Lake Drive. German. Razed.
4. Christopher Seibert Log House (mid-19th century). 6200 Marx Road. German.
5. Carl Moutoux House (c. 1880). 4814 New Harmony Road. German. Italianate. Altered.
6. St. Joseph Catholic Church (1888). 6202 St. Joseph Road. German. Gothic Revival.
7. Joseph Frank House (c. 1895). 9024 St. Joseph Road. German. Eastlake. Razed.

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