Delaware County, Indiana

Founding: 1827
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: The Delaware 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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