St. Joseph County, Indiana

Founding: 1830
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: The St. Joseph River
Seat: South Bend (1830–)

Land area: 458 square miles

Population (2020): 272,912

Population (historic): 6,425 (1840); 18,455 (1860); 33,178 (1880); 58,881 (1900); 160,033 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1970; 1980–2020

Subdivisions: Two cities; seven towns; two CDPs; 13 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 20,948 (18%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 52.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 17.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,818
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,558

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,678
Average farm size (1920): 80.4 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, Germany, Pennsylvania, New York, Michigan, and Ireland

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South Bend

Namesake: A bend in the St. Joseph River

Founding: 1830 (post office); 1831 (platting); 1835 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 103,453

Population (historic): 1,652 (1850); 7,206 (1870); 21,819 (1890); 53,684 (1910); 104,193 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1930; 1940–1960; 1990s; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 12,557 (26.6%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Hiram Rupel House (c. 1870). 20909 Ireland Road. Centre. Italianate.
2. Emil Johnson Farm (1914). 60717 Locust Road. Centre. Tudor Revival.
3. Joseph Farneman House (c. 1870). 61191 State Route 931. Centre. Italianate.
4. Francis Donaghue House (1861). 63049 Turkey Trail. Centre. Italianate.
5. Samuel Zaehnle House (1883). 16479 Brick Road. Clay. Italianate.
6. Robert Savidge House (1872). 308 Cleveland Road. Clay. Italianate.
7. Alfred Talley House (1856). 53190 Juniper Road. Clay.
8. Jacob Whitmer Farm (c. 1880). 50705 Orange Road. German. Italianate.
9. Thomas Holloway House (c. 1860/1941). 61229 Oak Road. Greene. Second Empire/Classical Revival.
10. John Greene House (c. 1840). 61383 Oak Road. Greene. Greek Revival.
11. Seth Hammond Farm (c. 1885). 61723 Oak Road. Greene. Queen Anne.
12. John Rupel House (c. 1865). 24845 State Route 23. Greene. Italianate.
13. George Sumption House (1832). 60413 Sumption Trail. Greene. Greek Revival.
14. John Metzger House (1847). 14309 Adams Road. Harris. Greek Revival.
15. William Kownover House (c. 1875). 50106 Bittersweet Trail. Harris. Italianate.
16. Amos Irwin House (c. 1865). 13546 Brick Road. Harris. Italianate.
17. Daniel Ward House (c. 1865). 1443 University Drive. Harris. Italianate.
18. Allen McEndarfer Farm (c. 1880). 25618 Quinn Road. Liberty. Italianate.
19. Haven Hubbard House (c. 1905). 31805 Chicago Trail. Olive. Classical Revival.
20. James Reynolds House (c. 1875). 52720 Walnut Road. Olive. Italianate.
21. Henry Crofoot House (c. 1875). 60601 State Route 331. Penn. Italianate.
22. Christian Holler House (1872). 23784 State Route 2. Portage. Italianate.
23. Conrad Schafer House (1853). 65154 Miami Road. Union. Gothic Revival.

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