Warrick County, Indiana

Founding: April 30, 1813
Parent county: Knox

Namesake: Jacob Warrick (1773–1811), Indiana soldier
Seat: Evansville (1813–1814); Darlington (1814–1818); Boonville (1818–)

Land area: 385 square miles

Population (2010): 59,689

Population (historic): 1,749 (1820); 8,811 (1850); 17,653 (1870); 22,329 (1900); 18,230 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1880; 1940s; 1960–1980; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: One city; five towns; ten townships

National Register listings: Eight

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,484 (9.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 38.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 5.5%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $904
Average outbuilding value (1930): $677

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,503
Average farm size (1920): 75.4 acres
Sources of settlement: Kentucky, Germany, Ohio, and Tennessee

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Boonville

Namesake: Unclear—perhaps Ratliff Boon (1781–1844), second Indiana governor

Founding: 1818 (platting); 1820 (post office); 1858 (incorporation)

Population (2010): 6,246

Population (historic): 196 (1850); 1,039 (1870); 2,849 (1900); 4,208 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1850–1920; 1940s; 1960s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 917 (31.2%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Bates House (c. 1870). 7344 Bates Road. Anderson Township. Italianate.
2. *Gaines Roberts House (1834). 7088 State Route 662. Ohio Township. Federal.

1. Warrick County Courthouse (1904). 1 County Square. Boonville. Classical Revival.
2. *Warrick County Jail (1877). 124 East Main Street. Boonville. Italianate.
3. *Newburgh Presbyterian Church (1851). North State Street. Newburgh. Greek Revival.