Switzerland County

administration
Switzerland County Courthouse
US state :	Indiana
Administrative headquarters :	Vevay
Foundation :	1814
Demographics
Residents :	10,613 (2010)
Population density :	18.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	579 km²
Water surface :	6 km²
map

Switzerland County is a county in the southeast of the US state Indiana with the administrative seat in Vevay .

geography

The county covers an area of 579 km² , 573 km² of land and 6 km² of water. This results in a water surface share of around 1.05%.

The Ohio River forms the entire border with Kentucky to the south and east . In addition to the Ohio, the Indian Creek and the Log Lick Creek flow through the county .

Adjacent counties

Ohio County (Indiana) to the north
Gallatin County, Kentucky to the east
Carroll County, Kentucky to the south
Jefferson County, Indiana to the west
Ripley County, Indiana, in the northwest

history

The county was founded in 1814. It was named after the homeland of many European settlers in this region, Switzerland . The founder of the main town Vevay was a winegrower from the canton of Vaud , who named the new town after his old hometown, the town of Vevey . Industrial viticulture also helped give the county the nickname of the Rhineland of America .

8 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of September 4, 2017).

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1820	3934	-
1830	7028	78.6%
1840	9920	41.1%
1850	12,932	30.4%
1860	12,698	-1.8%
1870	12.134	-4.4%
1880	13,336	9.9%
1890	12,514	-6.2%
1900	11,840	-5.4%
1910	9914	-16.3%
1920	9311	-6.1%
1930	8432	-9.4%
1940	8167	-3.1%
1950	7599	-7%
1960	7092	-6.7%
1970	6306	-11.1%
1980	7153	13.4%
1990	7738	8.2%
2000	9065	17.1%
2010	10,613	17.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Age pyramid of Switzerland County (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 US Census , the county had 9,065 people. The population density was 16 people per square kilometer. 4,226 residential units were recorded. 98.78 percent of the population were European, 0.23 percent African American, 0.15 percent Indigenous American, 0.09 percent Asian, 0.01 percent from the Pacific, 0.86 percent Latin American, 0.74 percent other, as well People of mixed ethnicity.

The median income in the county was $ 37,092. 13.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line .