Madison County, Indiana

Founding: 1823
Parent counties: Unorganized territory

Namesake: James Madison, U.S. president
Seat: Pendleton (1823–1828); Anderson (1828–)

Land area: 452 square miles

Population (2010): 131,636

Population (historic): 2,238 (1830); 16,518 (1860); 27,527 (1880); 70,470 (1900); 82,888 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1900; 1920s; 1940–1970

Subdivisions: Three cities; 12 towns; 14 townships

National Register listings: 18

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 12,364 (21%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 55.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,648
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,179

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,173
Average farm size (1920): 74.5 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina

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Anderson

Namesake: William Anderson, Delaware chief

Founding: 1823 (post office); 1827 (platting)

Population (2010): 56,129

Population (historic): 383 (1850); 3,126 (1870); 20,178 (1900); 39,804 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1930; 1940s; 1960s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 6,256 (22.4%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. School Number Five (1897). County Road 1800N, at North 700W. Duck Creek. Romanesque. Razed.
2. Kinnard House (c. 1880). 178 Fall Creek Parkway. Fall Creek. Stick.
3. *Solomon Fussell Log House (1832). State Route 38, east of South 150W. Fall Creek. Razed.
4. White House (c. 1870). 9007 State Route 38. Green. Gothic Revival. Altered.
5. Kemp House (c. 1855). 7257 West 100N. Jackson. Greek Revival. Altered.
6. McCord House (c. 1870). County Road 500N, west of North 700W. Jackson. Italianate. Razed.
7. Hartman House (c. 1880). Hartman Road, east of Pendleton Avenue. Lafayette. Italianate. Razed.
8. King School (1894). County Road 900N, at North 350W. Pipe Creek. Razed.
9. Frederick Bronnenberg House (1854–1856). 4306 Mounds Road. Union.