Emmet County, Iowa

 

Founding: 1859 (declared in 1851)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Robert Emmet, Irish nationalist
Seat: Estherville (1859–)

Land area: 401 square miles

Population (2020): 9,388

Population (historic): 1,392 (1870); 4,274 (1890); 9,816 (1910); 12,856 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1860–1900; 1910–1960

Subdivisions: Six cities; 12 townships

National Register listings: Three

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,703 (35.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 59.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,902
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,611
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,193
Average farm size (1920): 168.2 acres
Sources of settlement: Iowa, Norway, Illinois, Denmark, Germany, and Wisconsin
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Estherville

Namesake: Esther Ridley, an early resident

Founding: 1859 (platting); 1859 (post office); 1881 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 5,904

Population (historic): 168 (1870); 1,475 (1890); 3,404 (1910); 4,940 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1860s; 1880–1970
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 964 (35.5%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Brugjeld–Peterson Farm (c. 1870/1895). 2349 450th Road. High Lake.