Boone County, Indiana

Founding: 1830
Parent counties: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Daniel Boone, American frontiersman
Seat: Jamestown (1830–1831); Lebanon (1831–)

Land area: 423 square miles

Population (2020): 70,812

Population (historic): 621 (1830); 11,631 (1850); 22,593 (1870); 26,321 (1900); 22,290 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1890; 1940–2020

Subdivisions: One city; six towns; 12 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,829 (14.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 65.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 7.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,475
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,261

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,011
Average farm size (1920): 74.3 acres
Sources of settlement: Kentucky, Ohio, and Virginia

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Lebanon

Namesake: The country of Lebanon

Founding: 1831 (platting); 1832 (post office); 1853 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 16,662

Population (historic): 892 (1860); 2,625 (1880); 4,465 (1900); 6,446 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,331 (17.7%)

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