Ringgold County, Iowa

 

Founding: 1855 (declared in 1847)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Samuel Ringgold, U.S. army officer
Seat: Mount Ayr (1855–)

Land area: 535 square miles

Population (2020): 4,663

Population (historic): 2,923 (1860); 12,085 (1880); 15,325 (1900); 11,966 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900

Subdivisions: Ten cities; one CDP; 11 townships

National Register listings: Six

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 750 (28.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 34.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 1.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,648
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,575
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,923
Average farm size (1920): 148.1 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, and Pennsylvania
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Mount Ayr

Namesake: Ayr, Scotland

Founding: 1855 (platting); 1855 (post office); 1875 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,623

Population (historic): 422 (1870); 1,265 (1890); 1,646 (1910); 1,704 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1855–1880; 1890s; 1910s; 1930s; 1960–1980; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 288 (30.9%)
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