Grant County, Indiana

Founding: 1831
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Unknown
Seat: Marion (1831–)

Land area: 414 square miles

Population (2010): 70,061

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

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1900; 1940–1970

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

National Register listings: 19

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)

Population (2010): 29,948

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

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1920; 1940–1960
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,541 (26.4%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. School Number Five (1905). East 1125S, at South 500E. Fairmount. Romanesque. Razed.
2. Haisley House (c. 1860). 7911 Sand Pike Road. Fairmount. Greek Revival.
3. Henry Shugart House (1853). 2748 West 412S. Franklin.
4. Abraham Richards Farm (c. 1865). 7218 East 1125S. Jefferson. Gothic Revival. Razed.
5. Heal Farm (c. 1860). 8411 Wheeling Pike. Jefferson. Italianate.
6. Farm (c. 1880). 1740 West 800S. Liberty. Italianate.
7. Ithamer Russell House (c. 1845). 6082 Wheeling Pike. Mill. Greek Revival. Razed.
8. *Israel Jenkins Farm (c. 1845). 7453 East 400S. Monroe.
9. Joseph Winger House (c. 1870). North 500W, south of County Road 400N. Pleasant. Italianate.
10. Bruner Farm (c. 1855). 244 West 600N. Pleasant. Greek Revival/Italianate. Razed.