Vermillion County, Indiana

Founding: February 1, 1824
Parent county: Parke

Namesake: The Vermilion River
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

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

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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%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Thomas House (c. 1900?). 15599 Grady Lane. Clinton Township. Eclectic.
2. John Wright Farm (1874). 3570 State Route 63. Eugene Township. Italianate.
3. *Salem Methodist Episcopal Church (1878). State Route 63. Helt Township. Gothic Revival.
4. Wilson Farm (c. 1870). 11038 North 200E. Highland Township. Italianate.
5. Farm (c. 1865). 14421 North 200E. Highland Township. Italianate/Gothic Revival.
6. Thomas Smith House (1873). 452 East 1125N. Highland Township. Second Empire.
7. Peter Cossey Farm (1870). 398 West 1350N. Highland Township. Italianate.
8. David Wittenmeyer Farm (1844). State Route 32. Highland Township.
9. Farm (c. 1925). 2840 West 200S. Vermillion Township. Tudor Revival.

1. *Vermillion County Courthouse (1923–1925). 255 South Main Street. Newport. Classical Revival.
2. *Sheriff's Residence and Jail (1868/1896). 220 East Market Street. Newport. Italianate/Romanesque.