Pulaski County, Indiana

Founding: February 7, 1835
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Casimir Pulaski (1745–1779), Revolutionary War hero
Seat: Winamac (1839–)

Land area: 435 square miles

Population (2010): 13,402

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

Periods of population growth: 1840–1900; 1990s

Subdivisions: Four towns; one CDP; 12 townships

National Register listings: Seven

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,670 (27.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 54.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 3.6%
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 (founding); 1839 (post office); 1868 (incorporation)

Population (2010): 2,490

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

Periods of population growth: 1860s; 1880–1900; 1940s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 466 (38%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Log House. 9878 West 850S. Beaver Township.

1. *Pulaski County Courthouse (1894–1895). 112 East Main Street. Winamac. Richardsonian Romanesque.
2. *Vurpillat's Opera House (1883). East Main Street. Winamac. Second Empire.
3. *George Thompson House (1897). 407 North Market Street. Winamac. Romanesque/Classical Revival.