Whitley County, Indiana

Founding: 1838 (declared in 1835)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: William Whitley, Kentucky politician
Seat: Columbia City (1839–)

Land area: 336 square miles

Population (2020): 34,191

Population (historic): 1,237 (1840); 10,730 (1860); 16,941 (1880); 17,328 (1900); 15,931 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1890; 1920–2020

Subdivisions: One city; three towns; one CDP; nine townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,367 (23.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 66.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 6.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.3%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,475
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,513

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,041
Average farm size (1920): 78.2 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Germany

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Columbia City

Namesake: Unclear—perhaps Christopher Columbus

Founding: 1839 (platting as Columbia); 1854 (post office); 1888 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 9,892

Population (historic): 887 (1860); 2,244 (1880); 2,975 (1900); 3,805 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1890; 1900–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 816 (20%)

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