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Vigo County, Indiana

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
55historic places
—earliest paper
1818formed
106,153pop. 2020
56cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 55 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Terre Haute, West Terre Haute, Terra Haute.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

36 of 55 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

55 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal ChurchTerre HauteBuilding1975
Bethany Congregational ChurchWest Terre HauteBuilding2003
Building at 23-27 S. Sixth StreetTerre HauteBuilding1983
Building at 510-516 Ohio StreetTerre HauteBuilding1983
Building at 810 Wabash AvenueTerre HauteBuilding1983
Butternut HillTerre HauteBuilding1993
Carr's HallTerre HauteBuilding1983
Citizens' Trust Company BuildingTerre HauteBuilding1983
Collett ParkTerre HauteDistrict1981
Collett Park Neighborhood Historic DistrictTerre HauteDistrict2004
Condit HouseTerre HauteBuilding1973
Country Club of Terre HauteTerre HauteDistrict2026
Debs, Eugene V., House NHLTerre HauteBuilding1966
Dresser, Paul, BirthplaceTerre HauteBuilding1973
Ehrmann BuildingTerre HauteBuilding2020
Farington's Grove Historic DistrictTerre HauteDistrict1986
Fire Station No. 9Terre HauteBuilding1982
First Congregational ChurchTerre HauteBuilding1983
First National BankTerra HauteBuilding1992
Greenwood Elementary SchoolTerre HauteBuilding1997
Highland Lawn CemeteryTerre HauteDistrict1990
Hippodrome TheatreTerre HauteBuilding1983
House at 823 Ohio StreetTerre HauteBuilding1983
Indiana TheatreTerre HauteBuilding1997
Linton Township High School and Community BuildingPimentoBuilding2002
Markle House and Mill SiteNorth Terre HauteBuilding1979
Miller-Parrott Baking Company BuildingTerre HauteBuilding2019
New Goshen District No. 2 SchoolNew GoshenBuilding2016
Ohio Boulevard-Demming Park Historic DistrictTerre HauteDistrict1989
Rea ParkTerre HauteDistrict2017
Rocky EdgeTerre HauteDistrict2020
Sage-Robinson-Nagel HouseTerre HauteBuilding1973
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Historic DistrictTerre HauteDistrict2017
Senour, Frank, Round BarnBlackhawkBuilding1993
Spruce Street A. M. E. Church & ParsonageTerre HauteBuilding2026
Star BuildingTerre HauteBuilding1983
State Bank of Indiana, Branch of (Memorial Hall)Terre HauteBuilding1973
State Normal LibraryTerre HauteBuilding2002
Terminal ArcadeTerre HauteBuilding1983
Terre Haute City HallTerre HauteBuilding2020
Terre Haute Fire Station No. 8Terre HauteBuilding2000
Terre Haute Masonic TempleTerre HauteBuilding1995
Terre Haute Post Office and Federal BuildingTerre HauteBuilding1984
Terre Haute YMCA BuildingTerre HauteBuilding2019
Twelve Points Historic DistrictTerre HauteDistrict2005
Vigo County CourthouseTerre HauteBuilding1983
Vigo County Home for Dependent ChildrenTerre HauteBuilding2000
Wabash Avenue East Historic District (Boundary Increase)Terre HauteBuilding1992
Wabash Avenue-East Historic DistrictTerre HauteDistrict1983
Wabash Avenue-East Historic District (Boundary Increase and Decrease)Terre HauteDistrict2006
Wabash Avenue-West Historic DistrictTerre HauteDistrict1983
Washington, Booker T., SchoolTerre HauteBuilding2002
Wesley Foundation Student CenterTerre HauteBuilding2022
Williams-Warren-Zimmerman HouseTerre HauteBuilding1980
Wilson, Woodrow, Junior High SchoolTerre HauteBuilding1996

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Vigo was formed in 1818 (1818-02-15) from Sullivan.

VIGO created from SULLIVAN.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Vigo County population from 1820 to 2020 (Census historical series).

115k59k3,3901820184018801920196020002020
182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
3,39012,07622,51745,65862,035100,21299,709105,160108,458112,385105,848106,153

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

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

Cemeteries — 56 of 56 listed
NameLatLon
Armstrong Cemetery39.31708-87.33801
Baker Cemetery39.48995-87.29558
Barbour Cemetery39.57114-87.45085
Brown Cemetery39.31694-87.34714
Calvary Cemetery39.47433-87.35193
Chamberlain Cemetery39.49186-87.30562
Coltrin Cemetery39.48735-87.34619
Cooper Cemetery39.42586-87.27835
Cress Cemetery39.59966-87.2415
Denny Cemetery39.54262-87.37403
Donham Cemetery39.32001-87.25675
Durham Cemetery39.40912-87.44853
Evans Cemetery39.56452-87.34876
First Prairie Creek Baptist Church Cemetery39.27623-87.49737
Fort Hamilton Cemetery39.55894-87.50155
Grandview Cemetery39.43551-87.39289
Harpold Cemetery39.52059-87.21446
Haven Cemetery39.54238-87.32405
Highland Lawn Cemetery39.47643-87.3478
Hobmeyer Cemetery39.44526-87.3365
Hull Cemetery39.3767-87.42279
Hyde Cemetery39.47605-87.25687
Jones Cemetery39.37292-87.29086
Kennedy Cemetery39.54853-87.33763
Kester Cemetery39.3067-87.44307
Liberty Cemetery39.35423-87.30678
Lykens Cemetery39.27996-87.53601
Markle Cemetery39.52381-87.36092
Mewhinney Cemetery39.4267-87.24807
Miner Cemetery39.36836-87.3364
Moses Cemetery39.51555-87.26691
New Harmony Cemetery39.34642-87.49936
New Hope Cemetery39.42558-87.48835
Phillips Cemetery39.55018-87.33784
Pleasantview Cemetery39.56094-87.4253
Prairieton Cemetery39.37113-87.47678
Richter Cemetery39.53893-87.2381
Roberts Cemetery39.50827-87.32096
Rogers Cemetery39.49707-87.3524
Roselawn Memorial Park39.55614-87.37252
Ruggles Cemetery39.27629-87.26545
Saint Joseph Cemetery39.48382-87.41621
Shattuck Cemetery39.30344-87.5326
Smith Cemetery39.36867-87.35908
Stephens Cemetery39.26156-87.25505
Steveson Cemetery39.57147-87.35117
Stewart Cemetery39.55501-87.31576
Stults Cemetery39.60697-87.50057
Sullivan Cemetery39.58104-87.24129
Swalls Cemetery39.46515-87.29515
Taylor Cemetery39.27553-87.28626
Union Cemetery39.27394-87.40749
Watson Cemetery39.29175-87.5233
West Prairie Creek Cemetery39.27475-87.50279
Wood Cemetery39.58728-87.35818
Woodlawn Cemetery39.48066-87.41542

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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