Clinton County, Indiana

 

Founding: 1830
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: DeWitt Clinton, New York governor
Seat: Frankfort (1830–)

Land area: 405 square miles

Population (2020): 33,190

Population (historic): 1,423 (1830); 11,869 (1860); 17,330 (1870); 28,202 (1900); 27,329 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1900; 1910s; 1930–1960; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: One city; five towns; 14 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 4,487 (33.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 63.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 10.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.2%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,619
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,692
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,389
Average farm size (1920): 94.9 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, and Germany
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Frankfort

Namesake: Frankfurt, Germany

Founding: 1830 (platting); 1830 (post office); 1846 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 16,715

Population (historic): 582 (1850); 1,300 (1870); 5,919 (1890); 8,634 (1910); 12,196 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1830–1960; 1970s; 1990s; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,223 (34%)
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