Garfield County, Nebraska

Founding: 1884
Parent county: Wheeler

Namesake: James Garfield, U.S. president
Seat: Burwell (1884–)

Land area: 570 square miles

Population (2020): 1,813

Population (historic): 1,659 (1890); 3,417 (1910); 3,207 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1920; 1930s; 2000s

Subdivisions: One city

National Register listings: Four

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 457 (37.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 46.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 2.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,060
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,189
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 490
Average farm size (1920): 225.1 acres
Sources of settlement: Nebraska and Iowa
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Burwell

Namesake: Ada Burwell, a relative of the city site's owner

Founding: 1883 (platting); 1884 (post office)

Population (2020): 1,087

Population (historic): 378 (1890); 915 (1910); 1,156 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1920; 1930s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 324 (45.1%)
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