Jackson County, Colorado

Founding: 1909
Parent county: Larimer

Namesake: Andrew Jackson, U.S. president
Seat: Walden (1909–)

Land area: 1,614 square miles

Population (2020): 1,379

Population (historic): 1,013 (1910); 1,340 (1920); 1,386 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1910–1920; 1930s

Subdivisions: One town

National Register listings: Three

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 316 (24%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 37.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 27.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 38.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,201
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,437
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 182
Average farm size (1920): 513.6 acres
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Walden

Namesake: Mark Walden, postmaster of a nearby settlement

Founding: 1889 (platting); 1890 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 606

Population (historic): 64 (1890); 141 (1900); 162 (1910); 260 (1920); 284 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1890s; 1910s; 1930s; 1950–1970
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 82 (21.4%)

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