Henry County, Indiana

Founding: 1822
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Patrick Henry, Virginia politician
Seat: New Castle (1823–)

Land area: 392 square miles

Population (2020): 48,914

Population (historic): 6,497 (1830); 20,119 (1860); 24,016 (1880); 25,088 (1900); 35,238 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1880; 1890–1980; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: One city; 15 towns; 13 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,790 (27.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 56.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 16.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 2.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,622
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,548

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,540
Average farm size (1920): 83.1 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, North Carolina, Virginia, and Pennsylvania

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New Castle

Namesake: New Castle, Kentucky

Founding: 1823 (platting); 1823 (post office); 1839 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 17,396

Population (historic): 666 (1850); 1,556 (1870); 3,406 (1900); 14,027 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850; 1860–1920; 1930–1970; 1990–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,368 (26.1%)

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