Elkhart County, Indiana
Founding: 1830 Parent counties: Unorganized territory Namesake: The Elkhart River Seat: Dunlap (1830–1831); Goshen (1831–) Land area: 463 square miles Population (2020): 207,047 Population (historic): 935 (1830); 20,986 (1860); 33,454 (1880); 45,042 (1900); 68,875 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1830–2020 Subdivisions: Three cities; four towns; three CDPs; 16 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 12,999 (16.6%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 63.1% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 16.4% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.8% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.8% Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,017 Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,720 Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.9 rooms Number of farms (1920): 3,131 Average farm size (1920): 70.4 acres Sources of settlement: Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Michigan, and Germany __________...