Huntington County, Indiana

Founding: 1834 (declared in 1832)
Parent county: Grant

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

Land area: 383 square miles

Population (2010): 37,124

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

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1890; 1910s

Subdivisions: One city; five towns; 12 townships

National Register listings: 20

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, third Ohio governor

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

Population (2010): 17,391

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

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1900; 1910s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,710 (49.2%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Brown House (c. 1875). 10189 Goshen Road. Clear Creek. Gothic Revival.
2. Peter Schmalzried Farm (c. 1875). 9868 West 200N. Dallas. Italianate.
3. Huntington County Home (1876). Evergreen Road, south of Waterworks Road. Huntington. Second Empire. Razed.
4. *Francis LaFontaine House (c. 1840). 3011 West Park Drive. Huntington. Greek Revival.
5. School Number One (1897). West 700S, at South 100W. Jefferson. Romanesque.
6. Summers Farm (1912). 909 South 100E. Rock Creek. Queen Anne.
7. Samuel Jones Farm (c. 1865). 730 East Jones Street. Salamonie. Gothic Revival.
8. *John Kline Farm (c. 1865). 2717 East 400N. Union.