Steuben County, Indiana

Founding: 1837
Parent county: LaGrange

Namesake: Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1730–1794), Revolutionary War hero
Seats: Angola (1838–)

Land area: 309 square miles

Population (2010): 34,185

Population (historic): 2,578 (1840); 14,645 (1880); 15,219 (1900); 13,386 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1840–1880; 1890s; 1940s; 1960–2000

Subdivisions: One city; six towns; 12 townships

National Register listings: 14

Income (per capita): $22,950

Income (median household): $47,697
Business establishments: 971 (35.2 people per business)
Pre-1939 residences (estimated): 3,763 (19.5%)
Vacant houses: 5,399 (27.9%)
Sources of settlement: Ohio, New York, and Pennsylvania

Angola

Namesake: Unclear—likely the Portuguese colony of Angola

Founding: 1838 (platting); 1838 (post office)

Population (2010): 8,612

Population (historic): 226 (1850); 1,280 (1880); 

Periods of population growth: 1860–1910; 1930–1950; 1990–2010
Typology: Grid (with interrupting public square)

First Courthouse

Location: Angola

Construction: 1841

Years of service: 1841–1868

Typology: Unknown; braced-frame

Style: Unknown

Builders: Thomas Gale and Cornelius Gilmore

Cost: $2,000 ($48,285 in 2017 dollars)

Status: Razed (after being relocated)

Features of note: Appearance unknown.

Second Courthouse

Location: 55 South Public Square (Angola)

Construction: 1867–1868 / 1937

Years of service: 1868–

Typology: Front-gabled; brick; two-story

Style: Italianate

Builder: Hiram Wakefield

Cost: $27,000 ($504,924 in 2017 dollars)

Status: Extant; functional

Features of note: Octagonal cupola; paired cornice brackets; recessed panels of varying size and shape; circular window; five-bay facade; elongated, round-arched second-floor windows (twelve-over-twelve); rectangular lintels and sills; iron balcony above entrance.

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Sources: Wikipedia; United States Census Bureau; National Register nomination form; History of Steuben County, Indiana (Inter-State Publishing, 1885).