Towns we cover in Southern Indiana

We started along the Ohio River, where winter is hard on houses: Evansville and the towns around it. Each town page uses that town's own housing and weather data.

A motorboat crossing the Ohio River at sunset, with the tree-lined far bank in silhouette
Photo: Damienburge, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Counties and towns

Dubois County

Ferdinand, Holland, Huntingburg, Jasper

Gibson County

Fort Branch, Francisco, Haubstadt, Oakland City, Owensville, Patoka, Princeton

Posey County

Cynthiana, Mount Vernon, New Harmony, Poseyville

Spencer County

Chrisney, Dale, Grandview, Richland, Rockport, Santa Claus, St. Meinrad

Vanderburgh County

Darmstadt, Evansville, Highland, Melody Hill

Warrick County

Boonville, Chandler, Elberfeld, Lynnville, Newburgh

How the towns compare

Older houses and more freezing nights both raise the odds of frozen pipes, gaps that let mice in, and furnaces working harder.

Housing and climate by town (sources listed below)
TownResidentsMedian year builtBuilt before 1980Freezing nights a year
Boonville 6,702 1965 70% 90
Chandler 3,978 1973 58% 90
Chrisney 442 1947 77% 90
Cynthiana 716 1949 76% 100
Dale 1,542 1974 62% 90
Darmstadt 1,508 1965 68% 90
Elberfeld 971 1949 84% 90
Evansville 116,116 1961 73% 90
Ferdinand 2,351 1971 62% 90
Fort Branch 3,021 1974 57% 100
Francisco 537 1955 81% 100
Grandview 757 1975 56% 77
Haubstadt 1,905 1983 45% 100
Highland 5,114 1984 41% 90
Holland 613 1959 84% 91
Huntingburg 6,396 1972 65% 91
Jasper 15,991 1982 47% 112
Lynnville 981 1973 60% 91
Melody Hill 3,243 1970 72% 90
Mount Vernon 6,400 1968 77% 86
New Harmony 845 1954 81% 97
Newburgh 3,395 1976 57% 89
Oakland City 2,262 1955 83% 103
Owensville 1,156 1968 57% 100
Patoka 737 1971 65% 100
Poseyville 1,270 1965 84% 97
Princeton 8,372 1971 65% 100
Richland 588 1974 60% 90
Rockport 1,958 1973 64% 90
Santa Claus 2,793 1995 20% 90
St. Meinrad 646 1950 87% 90

Sources

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