Kosciusko County, Indiana
Founding: 1836 (declared in 1835) Parent county: Unorganized territory Namesake: Tadeusz Kościuszko, Continental Army general Seat: Warsaw (1836–) Land area: 531 square miles Population (2020): 80,240 Population (historic): 4,170 (1840); 17,418 (1860); 26,494 (1880); 29,109 (1900); 27,488 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1900; 1920–2020 Subdivisions: One city; 12 towns; 17 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 6,593 (17.3%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 52.5% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 11% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.9% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.3% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,424 Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,248 Average farmhouse size (1940): 7 rooms Number of farms (1920): 3,355 Average farm size (1920): 74.4 acres Sources of settlement: Ohio and Pennsylvania ___________________________...