Warrick County, Indiana

Founding: 1813
Parent county: Knox

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

Land area: 385 square miles

Population (2020): 63,898

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

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1900; 1930–2020

Subdivisions: One city; five towns; ten townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,484 (9.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 38.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 5.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.5%

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, Indiana governor

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

Population (2020): 6,712

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

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1920; 1930–1950; 1960–2000; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 917 (31.2%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Henry Williams House (c. 1870). 7344 Bates Road. Anderson. Italianate.
2. St. Rupert Catholic Church (1905). 1244 Red Bush Road. Anderson. Romanesque.
3. Joseph Snyder House (c. 1855). 4199 Old Newburgh Road. Ohio.
4. Gaines Roberts House (1834). 7088 State Route 662. Ohio. Federal.

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