Stark County, Illinois

Founding: 1839
Parent counties: Knox and Putnam

Namesake: John Stark, Continental Army officer
Seat: Toulon (1841–)

Land area: 288 square miles

Population (2020): 5,400

Population (historic): 1,573 (1840); 9,004 (1860); 11,207 (1880); 10,186 (1900); 9,184 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1880; 1890s

Subdivisions: Two cities; two villages; eight townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,101 (41.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 53%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 12.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,528
Average outbuilding value (1930): $3,055

Average farmhouse size (1940): 7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,077
Average farm size (1920): 146.2 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ireland
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Toulon

Namesake: Toulon, France

Founding: 1841 (platting); 1844 (post office); 1859 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,193

Population (historic): 904 (1870); 945 (1890); 1,208 (1910); 1,203 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1880; 1890–1920; 1930s; 1950s; 1970s; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 211 (36.3%)
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