White County, Indiana

Founding: February 1, 1834
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Isaac White, Illinois soldier
Seat: Monticello (1834–)

Land area: 505 square miles

Population (2010): 24,643

Population (historic): 1,832 (1840); 8,258 (1860); 13,795 (1880); 19,138 (1900); 15,831 (1930)

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

Subdivisions: One city; six towns; three CDPs; 12 townships

National Register listings: Five

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,636 (20.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 53.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 6%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,403
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,482
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,991
Average farm size (1920): 138.8 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, Pennsylvania, Germany, and Virginia
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Monticello

Namesake: Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's plantation

Founding: 1834 (platting); 1834 (post office)

Population (2010): 5,378

Population (historic): 565 (1860); 1,193 (1880); 2,107 (1900); 2,331 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900; 1910s; 1930–1970
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 509 (20.8%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. John Karr House (1876). State Route 39, south of Buffalo. Liberty Township. Italianate.
2. James Moore Farm (1883). 9384 Springboro Road. Prairie Township. Italianate.
3. William Rothrock House (c. 1855). 1221 Airport Road. Union Township. Greek Revival.
4. *White County Home (1907–1908). 5271 Norway Road. Union Township. Classical Revival. Razed.

1. *Carnegie Library (1907). 101 South Bluff Street. Monticello. Classical Revival.
2. *James Reynolds House (1873). 417 North Main Street. Monticello. Italianate.
3. *South School (1892). 565 South Main Street. Monticello. Romanesque.
4. *Anson Wolcott House (1859). 500 North Range Street. Monticello. Italianate.