Warren County, Indiana

Founding: March 1, 1827
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Joseph Warren, Boston revolutionary leader
Seat: Warrenton (1828–1829); Williamsport (1829–)

Land area: 365 square miles

Population (2010): 8,508

Population (historic): 2,861 (1830); 7,387 (1850); 10,204 (1870); 11,371 (1900); 9,167 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1860; 1870s

Subdivisions: Four towns; 12 townships

National Register listings: Four

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,022 (27.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 50.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 6.6%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,660
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,535

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,286
Average farm size (1920): 139.3 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia

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Williamsport

Namesake: Unknown—perhaps William Harrison, platter

Founding: 1828 (platting); 1829 (post office); 1854 (incorporation)

Population (2010): 1,898

Population (historic): 279 (1850); 988 (1870); 1,245 (1900); 1,053 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1870; 1880–1900; 1930s; 1960s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 203 (24.3%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Farm (c. 1885). 10812 North 600E. Adams Township. Italianate.
2. Briggs Farm (1914). 5666 West 200N. Jordan Township. Eclectic.
3. Nelson Burr Farm (c. 1870). 2698 North 75W. Liberty Township. Gothic Revival.
4. Benjamin Judy House (c. 1865). 1516 North 425W. Liberty Township. Gothic Revival.
5. Johnson House (1872). 10265 West 950S. Mound Township. Italianate.
6. Cyrus Cunningham House (c. 1880). 12715 Hickory Lane. Mound Township.
7. Elisha Rodgers Farm (1881). 10337 State Route 263. Mound Township. Italianate.
8. *Levi Van Reed Farm (1856). 5322 Old US Highway 41. Pine Township. Italianate.
9. Fleming House (1893). 5340 State Route 28. Pike Township. Romanesque.
10. William Schlosser House (1838). 3502 Meridian Road. Washington Township. Greek Revival.

1. *Hitchens House (1854). 303 Lincoln Street. Williamsport. Italianate.
2. *Warren County Courthouse (1908). 125 North Monroe Street. Williamsport. Classical Revival.