Garfield County, Washington

Founding: 1881
Parent county: Columbia

Namesake: James Garfield, U.S. president
Seat: Pomeroy (1882–)

Land area: 711 square miles

Population (2020): 2,286

Population (historic): 3,897 (1890); 4,199 (1910); 3,662 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1910; 1990s; 2010s

Subdivisions: One city

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 484 (38.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 41.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,011
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,864
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 413
Average farm size (1920): 385.6 acres
Sources of settlement: Missouri, Oregon, Illinois, Kansas, and Germany
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Pomeroy

Namesake: Joseph Pomeroy, platter

Founding: 1878 (platting); 1878 (post office); 1886 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,389

Population (historic): 661 (1890); 1,605 (1910); 1,600 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1920; 1930–1950; 1960s; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 297 (39.2%)
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