Tama County, Iowa

Founding: 1853 (declared in 1843)
Parent county: Benton

Namesake: Taimah, Meskwaki (Fox) leader
Seat: Toledo (1853–)

Land area: 721 square miles

Population (2020): 17,135

Population (historic): 5,285 (1860); 21,585 (1880); 24,585 (1900); 21,987 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1850–1900; 1920–1940; 1990s

Subdivisions: 13 cities; 21 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,359 (43.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 56.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 6.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,462
Average outbuilding value (1930): $3,154
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,484
Average farm size (1920): 149.2 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Indiana
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Toledo

Namesake: Toledo, Ohio

Founding: 1853 (platting); 1853 (post office); 1866 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,369

Population (historic): 888 (1870); 1,836 (1890); 1,626 (1910); 1,825 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1853–1900; 1920–1960; 1970s; 1990s; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 349 (33.6%)
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