The Great American Survey: A Slapdash Database of Historic Buildings

Founding:  1827 Parent counties:  Henry, Mercer, and Putnam Namesake:  Joseph Daveiss, Indiana militiaman Seat:  Galena (1827–) Land area:  601 square miles Population (2020):  22,035 Population (historic):  2,111 (1830); 18,604 (1850); 27,820 (1870); 24,533 (1900); 20,235 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1830–1870; 1940–1960; 1970s; 1990–2010 Subdivisions:  Two cities; eight villages; two CDPs; 23 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  4,291 (31.3%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  71.7% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  14% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  6.4% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  5.9% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $2,211 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $2,785 Average farmhouse size (1940):  7.1 rooms Number of farms (1920):  2,183 Average farm size (1920):  108.3 acres Sources of settlement:  Ireland, Germany, New Y...