Vermillion County, Indiana
Founding: February 1, 1824
Parent county: Parke
Namesake: The Vermilion River
Seat: Newport (1825–)
Seat: Newport (1825–)
Land area: 257 square miles
Population (2010): 16,212
Population (historic): 5,692 (1830); 8,661 (1850); 10,840 (1870); 15,252 (1900); 23,238 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1840; 1860–1880; 1890–1920; 1970s
Subdivisions: One city; six towns; two CDPs; five townships
National Register listings: Eight
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,935 (39.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 49.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 11.1%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,312
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,054
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 49.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 11.1%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,312
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,054
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,058
Average farm size (1920): 96.8 acres
Sources of settlement: Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky, and Virginia
Number of farms (1920): 1,058
Average farm size (1920): 96.8 acres
Sources of settlement: Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky, and Virginia
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Newport
Namesake: Unknown
Founding: 1820 (post office); 1828 (platting)
Population (2010): 515
Population (historic): 328 (1850); 398 (1870); 610 (1900); 777 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1850; 1860–1880; 1900s; 1960s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 80 (38.6%)
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 80 (38.6%)
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Outstanding Buildings
- Thomas House (c. 1900?). 15599 Grady Lane. Clinton Township. Eclectic.
- John Wright Farm (1874). 3570 State Route 63. Eugene Township. Italianate.
- *Salem Methodist Episcopal Church (1878). State Route 63. Helt Township. Gothic Revival.
- Wilson Farm (c. 1870). 11038 North 200E. Highland Township. Italianate.
- Farm (c. 1865). 14421 North 200E. Highland Township. Italianate/Gothic Revival.
- Thomas Smith House (1873). 452 East 1125N. Highland Township. Second Empire.
- Peter Cossey Farm (1870). 398 West 1350N. Highland Township. Italianate.
- David Wittenmeyer Farm (1844). State Route 32. Highland Township.
- Farm (c. 1925). 2840 West 200S. Vermillion Township. Tudor Revival.
- *Vermillion County Courthouse (1923–1925). 255 South Main Street. Newport. Classical Revival.
- *Sheriff's Residence and Jail (1868/1896). 220 East Market Street. Newport. Italianate/Romanesque.
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