Jones County, Iowa

 

Founding: 1839 (declared in 1837)
Parent county: Dubuque

Namesake: George Jones, Iowa senator
Seat: Edinburgh (1840–1847); Anamosa (1847–)

Land area: 576 square miles

Population (2020): 20,646

Population (historic): 3,007 (1850); 19,731 (1870); 20,233 (1890); 19,050 (1910); 19,206 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1880; 1890s; 1920–1940; 1950s; 1970s; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: Nine cities; two CDPs; 16 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,884 (32.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 59%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 7.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,435
Average outbuilding value (1930): $3,309
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,090
Average farm size (1920): 132 acres
Sources of settlement: New York, Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Germany, Ireland, Indiana, and Wisconsin
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Anamosa

Namesake: Unknown

Founding: 1847 (platting as Lexington); 1847 (post office); 1854 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 5,450

Population (historic): 889 (1860); 2,083 (1880); 2,891 (1900); 3,479 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1870; 1890–1910; 1920–1940; 1950s; 1970–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 504 (22.1%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Immaculate Conception Catholic Church (1877–1878). 22178 Road D62. Castle Grove. Gothic Revival.
2. John Green House (1882). 12383 Road X28. Fairview. Romanesque. Razed.
3. Robert Peet Farm (c. 1885). 24126 Fairview Road. Fairview. Italianate.
4. William Shaw House (1872). 509 South Oak Street. Fairview. Italianate.
5. John Ronen House (1903). 12828 Stone City Road. Fairview. Romanesque.
6. Henry Zimmerman Farm (c. 1900). 21768 15th Road. Greenfield. Queen Anne.
7. Zophar Farwell Farm (c. 1852). 23713 State Route 38. Lovell.
8. Francis Hicks House (c. 1860). 23949 US Highway 151. Lovell. Greek Revival.
9. Ira Carter Farm (c. 1870). 2879 10th Road. Oxford. Italianate.
10. St. Peter Catholic Church (1866). 20194 Temple Hill Road. Washington. Romanesque.
11. Jones County Infirmary (1911). 13241 County Home Road. Wayne. Craftsman.
12. Peter Schmalfeldt Farm (c. 1860). 11451 60th Road. Wyoming. Greek Revival.

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