Marshall County, Indiana

Founding: 1836 (declared in 1835)
Parent counties: St. Joseph and unorganized territory

Namesake: John Marshall, Supreme Court chief justice
Seat: Plymouth (1836–)

Land area: 444 square miles

Population (2020): 46,095

Population (historic): 1,651 (1840); 12,722 (1860); 23,414 (1880); 25,119 (1900); 25,077 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1900; 1920–2010

Subdivisions: One city; five towns; ten townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,200 (25.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 62.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 8.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.4%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,383
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,392

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,720
Average farm size (1920): 77.2 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, Pennsylvania, Germany, and New York

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Plymouth

Namesake: Plymouth, Massachusetts

Founding: 1836 (platting); 1836 (post office); 1851 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 10,214

Population (historic): 1,277 (1860); 2,570 (1880); 3,656 (1900); 5,290 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 931 (21.2%)

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