Parke County, Indiana

Founding: 1821
Parent counties: Vigo and unorganized territory

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

Land area: 445 square miles

Population (2020): 16,156

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

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1900; 1930s; 1970s; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: Six towns; 13 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,886 (23.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 42%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 11.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.7%

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 (2020): 2,510

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

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1900; 1930–1970; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 416 (30.2%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Parke County Infirmary (1930). 1689 Bloomingdale Road. Adams. Classical Revival.
2. Oliver Bound Farm (1863). 8184 South 625 West. Florida. Gothic Revival.
3. Henry Rush House (c. 1870). 1537 North 900 East. Greene.
4. Samuel Mitchell House (c. 1875). 6077 East 900 South. Jackson. Italianate.
5. William Unger Farm (c. 1880). 8852 English Road. Liberty. Italianate.
6. Joseph Finney Log House (c. 1827). 6389 North 200 West. Penn.
7. Farm (1908). 8292 Jeffries Ford Road. Raccoon. Classical Revival.
8. Lancelot Ewbank Farm (1883). 10854 Carpenter Road. Sugar Creek. Italianate.
9. Salmon Lusk House (1841). 8728 Narrows Road. Sugar Creek. Federal/Greek Revival.
10. Ewbank Farm (c. 1880). 12742 US Highway 41. Sugar Creek. Italianate.
11. Samuel Skeeters Farm (1872). 80 North 600 West. Wabash. Italianate.
12. William Hixon House (c. 1835). 1381 South 600 West. Wabash.

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