Allamakee County, Iowa

Founding: 1849 (declared in 1847)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Unknown
Seat: Jefferson (1849–1851); Columbus (1851–1853); Lansing (1859–1867); Waukon (1853–1859, 1867–)

Land area: 639 square miles

Population (2020): 14,061

Population (historic): 777 (1850); 17,868 (1870); 17,907 (1890); 17,328 (1910); 16,328 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1880; 1890s; 1930s; 1990s

Subdivisions: Six cities; 18 townships

National Register listings: 24

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,511 (32.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 58.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 6.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,310
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,651
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,175
Average farm size (1920): 102.8 acres
Sources of settlement: Norway, Ireland, Germany, New York, and Wisconsin
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Waukon

Namesake: Waukon Decorah, Ho-Chunk leader

Founding: 1853 (platting); 1853 (post office); 1883 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 3,827

Population (historic): 1,350 (1880); 2,153 (1900); 2,526 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1900; 1910–2000
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 588 (30.6%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *East Paint Creek Lutheran Church (1868). 1799 Elon Road. Center. Gothic Revival.
2. Lycurgus School (c. 1865). 1869 French Creek Road. Makee.
3. St. Mary Catholic Church (1913). 1831 Lycurgus Road. Makee. Romanesque/Baroque Revival.
4. Elias Hanson House (c. 1885). 180 Dorchester Road. Waterloo. Second Empire/Stick.