Muscatine County, Iowa

Founding: 1836
Parent county: Des Moines

Namesake: Uncertain—perhaps Muscatine Island
Seat: Muscatine (1837–)

Land area: 437 square miles

Population (2020): 43,235

Population (historic): 5,731 (1850); 21,688 (1870); 24,504 (1890); 29,505 (1910); 29,385 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1910; 1920–1980; 1990–2020

Subdivisions: Eight cities; 14 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,704 (31.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 62.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 7.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,583
Average outbuilding value (1930): $3,047
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,923
Average farm size (1920): 113.1 acres
Sources of settlement: Germany, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Ireland, Illinois, and New York
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Muscatine

Namesake: Uncertain—perhaps Muscatine Island

Founding: 1833 (platting as Bloomington); 1839 (post office); 1839 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 23,797

Population (historic): 2,540 (1850); 6,718 (1870); 11,454 (1890); 16,178 (1910); 16,778 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1833–1910; 1920–1980; 2000–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,760 (36.5%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Samuel Sinnett House (c. 1855). 2610 Park Road. Bloomington. Italianate.
2. Pine Creek Mill (1848/1883). 1884 Wildcat Den Road. Montpelier.
3. Samuel Nichols Farm (1869–1870). 1812 Elder Road. Pike.
4. Egbert Smith Inn (1842). 1193 US Highway 6. Wapsinonoc.

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