Humboldt County, Nevada

Founding: 1861
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: The Humboldt River
Seat: Unionville (1861–1873); Winnemucca (1873–)

Land area: 9,641 square miles

Population (2020): 17,285

Population (historic): 1,916 (1870); 3,434 (1890); 6,825 (1910); 3,795 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1860–1880; 1890–1910; 1920–2020

Subdivisions: One city; seven CDPs

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 452 (6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 28%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 42%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,203
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,439

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 132
Average farm size (1920): 581.7 acres

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Winnemucca

Namesake: Winnemucca, Paiute chief

Founding: 1866 (post office); 1873 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 8,431

Population (historic): 290 (1870); 1,307 (1890); 1,786 (1910); 1,989 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1890; 1900–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 259 (7.8%)

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