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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