The Great American Survey: A Slapdash Database of Historic Buildings

Founding:  1824 Parent county:  Edwards Namesake:  The Wabash River Seat:   Centerville (1824–1829); Mount Carmel (1829–) Land area:  223 square miles Population (2020):  11,361 Population (historic):  2,710 (1830); 4,690 (1850); 8,841 (1870); 12,583 (1900); 13,197 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1830–1910; 1930–1950; 1970s Subdivisions:  One city; three villages; eight precincts Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  1,263 (22.7%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  41.4% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  10.9% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  4.9% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  5.5% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $1,327 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $1,029 Average farmhouse size (1940):  5.5 rooms Number of farms (1920):  1,053 Average farm size (1920):  109.6 acres Sources of settlement:  Indiana, Ohio, Germany, Pennsylvania, and Kentuck...

Founding:  1835 (declared in 1832) Parent counties:  Unorganized territory Namesake:  The Wabash River Seat:  Wabash (1835–) Land area:  412 square miles Population (2020):  30,976 Population (historic):  2,756 (1840); 17,547 (1860); 25,241 (1880); 28,235 (1900); 25,170 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1840–1900; 1910s; 1930–1980 Subdivisions:  One city; four towns; two CDPs; seven townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  5,562 (39.2%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  66.3% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  11.8% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  5.8% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  9.7% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $1,621 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $1,529 Average farmhouse size (1940):  6.9 rooms Number of farms (1920):  2,529 Average farm size (1920):  81.4 acres Sources of settlement:  Ohio, Pennsylvania, Germany, and Virg...