Pulaski County, Indiana

Founding: 1839 (declared in 1835)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Casimir Pulaski, Continental Army general
Seat: Winamac (1839–)

Land area: 435 square miles

Population (2020): 12,514

Population (historic): 561 (1840); 5,711 (1860); 9,851 (1880); 14,033 (1900); 11,195 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1900; 1930–1960; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: Four towns; one CDP; 12 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,670 (27.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 54.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 3.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,243
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,117

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,763
Average farm size (1920): 115 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, Germany, and Pennsylvania

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Winamac

Namesake: Winamac, Miami chief

Founding: 1839 (platting); 1839 (post office); 1868 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,320

Population (historic): 206 (1860); 1880 (835); 1,684 (1900); 1,679 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1870; 1880–1900; 1910s; 1930–1960; 1970s; 1990–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 466 (38%)

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