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Grant County, Indiana

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23historic places

—earliest paper

1831formed

66,674pop. 2020

27cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 23 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1978; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Marion, Fairmount, Gas City.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Indiana is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Grant titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

16 of 23 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

23 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Baldwin Addition Historic District	Fairmount	District	1999
Cumberland Covered Bridge	Matthews	Structure	1978
Fairmount Commercial Historic District	Fairmount	District	1999
First Presbyterian Church	Marion	Building	2018
Gas City High School	Gas City	Building	2004
Grant County Jail and Sheriff's Residence	Marion	Building	1990
Jay, Abijah C., House	Marion	Building	2003
Jenkins, Israel, House	Marion	Building	2003
Marion Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Historic District	Marion	District	1999
Marion Downtown Commercial Historic District	Marion	District	1994
Marion Firestone Auto Supply & Service Center	Marion	Building	2025
Marion First United Methodist Church	Marion	Building	2025
Marion PCC & St. Louis Railroad Depot	Marion	Building	2018
Meshingomesia (Mihsiinkweemisa) Cemetery and Indian School Historic District	Jalapa	District	2013
Patterson, J.W., House	Fairmount	Building	1979
Patterson, J.W., House and Office (Boundary Increase)	Fairmount	Building	1985
Stephenson, Joseph W. and Edith M., House	Marion	Building	2021
Swayzee, Aaron, House	Marion	Building	1983
Thompson-Ray House	Gas City	Building	2009
Webster, George, Jr. and Marie Daugherty, House NHL	Marion	Building	1992
West Ward School	Gas City	Building	1985
Wilson, J. Woodrow, House	Marion	Building	1988
Woodside	Marion	Building	1997

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Grant was formed in 1831 (1831-04-01) from Madison, ADAMS New Purchase.

GRANT created from MADISON and ADAMS New Purchase.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Grant County population from 1840 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
4,875	15,797	23,618	54,693	51,353	55,813	62,156	75,741	80,934	73,403	66,674

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

27 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 27 of 27 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Alel Cemetery	40.47955	-85.80111
Atkinson Cemetery	40.50034	-85.50188
Bethel Cemetery	40.45588	-85.5971
Burson Cemetery	40.55304	-85.57734
Corey Cemetery	40.6322	-85.47309
Doyle Cemetery	40.59425	-85.48104
Estates of Serenity	40.54016	-85.64173
Fairview Cemetery	40.6167	-85.61969
Farrville Cemetery	40.58181	-85.48026
Grant Memorial Park	40.54022	-85.67587
Hummel - Lobdell Cemetery	40.6467	-85.67469
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery	40.57698	-85.84831
Jefferson Cemetery	40.47926	-85.52425
Landess Cemetery	40.60225	-85.56035
Lee Cemetery	40.63809	-85.54747
Maple Grove Cemetery	40.58973	-85.76942
Marion National Cemetery	40.52154	-85.62985
Marion National Cemetery	40.52224	-85.62997
Miami Indian Cemetery	40.64068	-85.73038
Park Cemetery	40.43235	-85.64561
Riverside Cemetery	40.48563	-85.62235
Rowland Cemetery	40.55375	-85.78793
Salem Cemetery	40.58153	-85.6371
Shiloh Cemetery	40.43735	-85.48435
Thraikill Cemetery	40.55824	-85.82482
Van Buren Cemetery	40.60854	-85.50382
Walnut Creek Cemetery	40.49493	-85.60627

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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