Elkhart County, Indiana

Founding: 1830
Parent counties: Unorganized territory

Namesake: The Elkhart River
Seat: Dunlap (1830–1831); Goshen (1831–)

Land area: 463 square miles

Population (2020): 207,047

Population (historic): 935 (1830); 20,986 (1860); 33,454 (1880); 45,042 (1900); 68,875 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–2020

Subdivisions: Three cities; four towns; three CDPs; 16 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 12,999 (16.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 63.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 16.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,017
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,720

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,131
Average farm size (1920): 70.4 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Michigan, and Germany

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Goshen

Namesake: The biblical land of Goshen

Founding: 1831 (platting); 1832 (post office); 1854 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 34,517

Population (historic): 780 (1850); 3,133 (1870); 7,810 (1900); 10,397 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,510 (18.9%)

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