Miami County, Indiana

Founding: 1834 (declared in 1832)
Parent counties: Cass and unorganized territory

Namesake: The Miami people
Seat: Miamisport (1834–1835); Peru (1835–)

Land area: 374 square miles

Population (2020): 35,962

Population (historic): 3,048 (1840); 16,851 (1860); 24,083 (1880); 28,344 (1900); 29,032 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1910; 1920s; 1940–1980; 2000s

Subdivisions: One city; five towns; two CDPs; 14 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,788 (37.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 68.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 7.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,546
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,339

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,205
Average farm size (1920): 84.8 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Germany

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Peru

Namesake: The country of Peru

Founding: 1834 (platting); 1835 (post office); 1848 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 11,073

Population (historic): 1,266 (1850); 3,617 (1870); 7,028 (1890); 10,910 (1910); 12,730 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1930; 1940–1960; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,779 (51.4%)

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