Parke County, Indiana

Founding: January 9, 1821
Parent county: Vigo

Namesake: Benjamin Parke (1777–1835), Indiana politician
Seat: Armiesburg (1821–1822); Rockville (1822–)

Land area: 445 square miles

Population (2010): 17,339

Population (historic): 7,535 (1830); 15,538 (1860); 19,460 (1880); 23,000 (1930); 16,561 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1850; 1860s; 1890s; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: Six towns; 13 townships

National Register listings: 45

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,886 (23.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 42%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 11.5%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,144
Average outbuilding value (1930): $891

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,228
Average farm size (1920): 73.2 acres
Sources of settlement: Kentucky, Ohio, North Carolina, and Virginia

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Rockville

Namesake: Unknown

Founding: 1824 (platting); 1824 (post office); 1854 (incorporation)

Population (2010): 2,607

Population (historic): 726 (1850); 1,187 (1870); 2,045 (1900); 1,832 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850; 1860–1880; 1890s; 1930–1960
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 416 (30.2%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Parke County Home (1930). 1689 Bloomingdale Road. Adams Township. Classical Revival.
2. Oliver Bound Farm (1863). 8184 South 625W. Florida Township. Gothic Revival.
3. Rush House (c. 1870). 1537 North 900E. Greene Township.
4. Samuel Mitchell House (c. 1875). 6077 East 900S. Jackson Township. Italianate.
5. William Unger Farm (c. 1880). 8852 English Road. Liberty Township. Italianate.
6. *Joseph Finney Log House (c. 1827). County Road 200W, north of Annapolis Road. Penn Township.
7. Farm (1908). 8292 Jeffries Ford Road. Raccoon Township. Classical Revival.
8. *Lancelot Ewbank Farm (1883). 10854 Carpenter Road. Sugar Creek Township. Italianate.
9. *Salmon Lusk House (1841). Narrows Road, north of Sugar Creek. Sugar Creek Township. Federal/Greek Revival.
10. Ewbank Farm (c. 1880). 12742 US Highway 41. Sugar Creek Township. Italianate.
11. Samuel Skeeters Farm (1872). 80 County Road 600W. Wabash Township. Italianate.
12. Hixon House (c. 1835). 1381 County Road 600W. Wabash Township.

1. *Mansfield Roller Mill (1875). Mill Road. Mansfield.
2. *Parke County Courthouse (1882). 116 West High Street. Rockville. Second Empire/Classical Revival.