Grant County, Indiana

Founding: 1831
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Unknown
Seat: Marion (1831–)

Land area: 414 square miles

Population (2020): 66,674

Population (historic): 4,875 (1840); 15,797 (1860); 23,618 (1880); 54,693 (1900); 51,066 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1900; 1930–1970

Subdivisions: Three cities; seven towns; six CDPs; 13 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 7,095 (23.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 50.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 5.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,599
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,561

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,950
Average farm size (1920): 74.4 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Virginia

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Marion

Namesake: Francis Marion, Continental Army officer

Founding: 1831 (platting); 1836 (post office); 1889 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 28,310

Population (historic): 703 (1850); 1,658 (1870); 8,759 (1890); 19,359 (1910); 24,496 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1970
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,541 (26.4%)

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