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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