Delaware County, Indiana

Founding: 1827
Parent county: Unorganized territory

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

Land area: 392 square miles

Population (2020): 111,903

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

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1970

Subdivisions: One city; six towns; 12 townships

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 (2020): 65,194

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

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1980; 2000s
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. Benjamin Zehner Farm (c. 1850). 8500 Schindel Road. Delaware. Greek Revival.
5. Farm (c. 1895). 7800 Wheeling Road. Delaware. Romanesque. Razed.
6. Beech Grove Methodist Church (c. 1895). West 700 North, east of I-69. Harrison. Romanesque. Razed.
7. William Lewis Farm (c. 1865/1900). 2200 Albany Road. Liberty. Italianate/Classical Revival.
8. Walter Cecil Farm (c. 1875). 7301 Smithfield Pike. Liberty. Italianate.
9. James Truitt House (1829). 2700 Whitney Road. Liberty.
10. David Rees Farm (c. 1860). 3500 East 350 South. Monroe. Greek Revival/Italianate.
11. Perry Williams Farm (c. 1875). 5901 West 200 South. Mount Pleasant. Italianate.
12. Martin Hofherr Farm (1905). 300 North 650 West. Mount Pleasant. Queen Anne/Classical Revival.
13. Alfred Bales House (c. 1865). 15330 State Route 167. Niles.
14. Samuel Jump House (1855). 8410 South 462 East. Perry. Greek Revival/Italianate.
15. George Kesling Farm (c. 1885). 7610 South 600 East. Perry. Italianate.
16. John Rees House (c. 1870). 6801 Burlington Pike. Perry. Italianate.
17. Robert Barrett House (c. 1835). 15721 West 650 South. Salem.
18. Charles Carter House (c. 1850). 801 East Race Street. Union. Greek Revival.

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