Huntington County, Indiana

Founding: 1834 (declared in 1832)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Samuel Huntington, Ohio governor
Seat: Huntington (1834–)

Land area: 383 square miles

Population (2020): 36,662

Population (historic): 1,579 (1840); 14,867 (1860); 21,805 (1880); 28,901 (1900); 29,073 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1920; 1930–1980; 1990s

Subdivisions: One city; five towns; 12 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 6,483 (40.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 69.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 9.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 2.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,496
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,386

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,637
Average farm size (1920): 74.4 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Germany

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Huntington

Namesake: Samuel Huntington, Ohio governor

Founding: 1834 (platting); 1834 (post office); 1848 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 17,022

Population (historic): 594 (1850); 2,925 (1870); 7,328 (1890); 10,272 (1910); 13,420 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1920; 1930–1970; 1980–2000
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,710 (49.2%)

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