Delaware County, Indiana

Founding: 1827 (declared in 1820)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: The Delaware (or Lenape) people
Seat: Muncie (1827–)

Land area: 392 square miles

Population (2010): 117,671

Population (historic): 3,677 (1820); 10,843 (1850); 22,926 (1880); 49,624 (1900); 67,270 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1820–1900; 1920–1970

Subdivisions: One city; six towns; 12 townships

National Register listings: 41

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 10,596 (20.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 50%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 9.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,631
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,190

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,803
Average farm size (1920): 73.4 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, Virginia, and Pennsylvania

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Muncie

Namesake: Munsee Town, a Lenape village near the city's site

Founding: 1827 (platting as Muncietown); 1828 (post office); 1854 (incorporation)

Population (2010): 70,085

Population (historic): 606 (1850); 2,992 (1870); 11,345 (1890); 24,005 (1910); 46,548 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1930; 1940–1960; 1970s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 7,158 (21.8%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. *William Luick House (1882). 2304 Burlington Pike. Center. Italianate.
2. Rose Fisher House (1925). 3500 Burlington Pike. Center. Tudor Revival.
3. John Fullhart House (1876). 4310 Burlington Pike. Center. Italianate. Razed.
4. John Goings Farm (c. 1840). 9850 Reynard Road. Delaware.
5. Benjamin Zehner Farm (c. 1850). 8500 Schindel Road. Delaware. Greek Revival.
6. Farm (c. 1895). Wheeling Road, south of County Road 500N. Delaware. Romanesque. Razed.
7. Beech Grove Methodist Church (c. 1895). West 700N, east of Interstate 69. Harrison. Romanesque. Razed.
8. *School Number 4 (1897). 7204 State Route 67. Hamilton. Romanesque.
9. William Lewis Farm (c. 1865/1900). 2200 Albany Road. Liberty. Italianate/Classical Revival.
10. Walter Cecil Farm (c. 1875). 7301 Smithfield Pike. Liberty. Italianate.
11. Jesse Truitt House (1829). 2700 Whitney Road. Liberty.
12. David Rees Farm (c. 1860). 3500 East 350S. Monroe. Greek Revival/Italianate.
13. Perry Williams Farm (c. 1875). 5901 County Road 200S. Mount Pleasant. Italianate.
14. *Martin Hofherr Farm (1905). 300 North 650W. Mount Pleasant. Queen Anne/Classical Revival.
15. Bales House (c. 1865). 15330 State Route 167. Niles.
16. John Rees House (c. 1870). 6801 Burlington Pike. Perry. Italianate.
17. *Samuel Jump House (1855). 8410 South 462E. Perry. Greek Revival/Italianate.
18. George Kesling Farm (c. 1885). 7610 South CR 600E. Perry. Italianate.
19. Robert Barrett House (c. 1835). 15721 West 650S. Salem.
20. *Charles Carter House (c. 1850). 801 East Race Street. Union.