Kosciusko County, Indiana

Founding: 1836 (declared in 1835)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Tadeusz Kościuszko, Continental Army general
Seat: Warsaw (1836–)

Land area: 531 square miles

Population (2020): 80,240

Population (historic): 4,170 (1840); 17,418 (1860); 26,494 (1880); 29,109 (1900); 27,488 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1900; 1920–2020

Subdivisions: One city; 12 towns; 17 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 6,593 (17.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 52.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 11%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,424
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,248

Average farmhouse size (1940): 7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,355
Average farm size (1920): 74.4 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio and Pennsylvania

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Warsaw

Namesake: Warsaw, Poland

Founding: 1836 (platting); 1837 (post office); 1854 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 15,804

Population (historic): 304 (1850); 2,206 (1870); 3,987 (1900); 5,730 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,294 (20.5%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Joseph Metzger Farm (c. 1880). 76 East 800 South. Clay. Italianate.
2. Peter Blue Farm (c. 1870). 9058 West 700 South. Franklin. Italianate.
3. William Rice Farm (c. 1875). 12235 West 800 South. Franklin. Italianate.
4. Nicholas Cook Farm (1866). 3688 West 100 South. Harrison. Italianate.
5. Ezekiel Miller Farm (c. 1885). 4840 East 725 South. Monroe. Italianate.
6. Harris House (c. 1845). 775 Monoquet Road. Plain. Greek Revival.
7. Joel Hall Farm (1871). 3968 West 600 North. Prairie. Greek Revival/Gothic Revival.
8. David Hartung House (c. 1875). 7606 South 700 West. Seward. Italianate.
9. William Moore House (c. 1850). East 1290 North, west of Bishop Road. Turkey Creek. Greek Revival. Razed.
10. Eli Lilley Vacation House (c. 1885). 7527 Eli Lilley Road. Turkey Creek. Eclectic.
11. Charles Strieby Farm (c. 1890). 9757 Syracuse–Webster Road. Turkey Creek. Eastlake.
12. Andrew Guy Farm (c. 1855). 10469 Syracuse–Webster Road. Turkey Creek. Greek Revival. Razed.
13. James Orr House (c. 1875). 7129 Old US Highway 30. Washington. Italianate.
14. James Webb House (c. 1875). 1507 County Farm Road. Wayne. Italianate.
15. Kosciusko County Infirmary (1895). 1690 County Farm Road. Wayne. Queen Anne/Romanesque.
16. John Botkin House (c. 1860). 2201 County Farm Road. Wayne. Greek Revival.
17. George Elliott House (c. 1883). 506 South Zimmer Road. Wayne. Italianate.

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