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Indiana County, Pennsylvania

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Founding:  1806 (declared in 1803) Parent counties:  Lycoming and Westmoreland Namesake:  A reference to the 1768 Treaty of Fort Stanwix Seat:  Indiana (1806–) Land area:  827 square miles Population (2020):  83,246 Population (historic):  6,214 (1810); 20,782 (1840); 36,138 (1870); 42,556 (1900); 75,395 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1810–1920; 1930s; 1960–1980 Subdivisions:  14 boroughs; 11 CDPs; 24 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  9,984 (25.7%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  54.7% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  15.7% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  12.2% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  8.8% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $1,537 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $1,497 Average farmhouse size (1940):  6.2 rooms Number of farms (1920):  3,935 Average farm size (1920):  70.6 acres ____________________________________________...