Humboldt County, Iowa

 

Founding: 1857
Parent counties: Kossuth and Webster

Namesake: Alexander von Humboldt, German scientist
Seat: Dakota City (1857–)

Land area: 434 square miles

Population (2020): 9,597

Population (historic): 2,596 (1870); 9,836 (1890); 12,182 (1910); 13,202 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1860–1900; 1910–1940

Subdivisions: 13 cities; 12 townships

National Register listings: Seven

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,620 (34.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 50.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 2.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,587
Average outbuilding value (1930): $3,489
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,380
Average farm size (1920): 170.8 acres
Sources of settlement: New York, Wisconsin, Norway, Illinois, and Germany
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Dakota City

Namesake: The Dakota people

Founding: 1855 (platting); 1856 (post office); 1878 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 759

Population (historic): 162 (1870); 353 (1890); 391 (1910); 448 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1855–1980
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 73 (19.9%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Corydon Brown House (1878). 905 North 1st Road. Beaver. Italianate.