Pope County, Illinois

Founding: 1816
Parent counties: Gallatin and Johnson

Namesake: Nathaniel Pope, Illinois politician
Seat: Golconda (1816–)

Land area: 369 square miles

Population (2020): 3,763

Population (historic): 2,610 (1820); 3,975 (1850); 11,437 (1870); 13,585 (1900); 7,996 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1840; 1850–1890; 1970s; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: One city; one village

National Register listings: Three

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 598 (21.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 23.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 4.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 17.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $533
Average outbuilding value (1930): $420

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,587
Average farm size (1920): 82.2 acres
Sources of settlement: Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, and Germany
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Golconda

Namesake: Golconda, India

Founding: 1816 (platting as Sarahsville); 1820 (post office); 1845 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 630

Population (historic): 404 (1860); 1,000 (1880); 1,140 (1900); 1,184 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1890; 1910s; 1930s; 1960–1980
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 196 (46.2%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *House (c. 1910). 6 Halltown Road. Classical Revival. Razed.