Vigo County, Indiana

Founding: 1818
Parent county: Sullivan

Namesake: Francis Vigo, Italian–American soldier
Seat: Terre Haute (1818–)

Land area: 403 square miles

Population (2020): 106,153

Population (historic): 3,390 (1820); 15,289 (1850); 33,549 (1870); 62,035 (1900); 98,861 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1920; 1930–1970; 2000s

Subdivisions: One city; three towns; eight CDPs; 12 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 12,789 (27.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 45.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 7.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.2%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,090
Average outbuilding value (1930): $702

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,770
Average farm size (1920): 65 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, Illinois, Germany, Kentucky, Ireland, and Pennsylvania

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Terre Haute

Namesake: A French term meaning "high ground"

Founding: 1816 (platting); 1818 (post office); 1832 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 58,389

Population (historic): 4,051 (1850); 16,103 (1870); 36,673 (1900); 62,810 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1920; 1940–1960; 1990–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 9,655 (37%)

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