Morgan County, Indiana

Founding: 1822
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Daniel Morgan, Virginia politician
Seat: Martinsville (1822–)

Land area: 404 square miles

Population (2020): 71,780

Population (historic): 5,593 (1830); 14,576 (1850); 17,528 (1870); 20,457 (1900); 19,424 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1880; 1890–1910; 1930–2020

Subdivisions: One city; six towns; one CDP; 14 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,108 (11%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 69.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 6.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.6%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,013
Average outbuilding value (1930): $908
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,492
Average farm size (1920): 65.3 acres
Sources of settlement: Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, and Virginia
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Martinsville

Namesake: John Martin, early resident

Founding: 1822 (platting); 1823 (post office); 1838 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 12,309

Population (historic): 334 (1850); 1,131 (1870); 2,680 (1890); 4,529 (1910); 4,962 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,321 (26.6%)
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