Elko County, Nevada

Founding: 1869
Parent county: Lander

Namesake: The city of Elko
Seat: Elko (1869–)

Land area: 17,170 square miles

Population (2020): 53,702

Population (historic): 3,447 (1870); 4,794 (1890); 8,133 (1910); 9,960 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1880; 1890–1910; 1920–2020

Subdivisions: Four cities; seven CDPs

National Register listings: Six

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,070 (5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 31.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,945
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,681

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 543
Average farm size (1920): 338.3 acres

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Elko

Namesake: Unknown

Founding: 1868 (platting); 1869 (post office)

Population (2020): 20,564

Population (historic): 1,160 (1870); 766 (1890); 1,677 (1910); 3,217 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1868–1870; 1880–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 562 (7%)

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