Page County, Iowa

Founding: 1852 (declared in 1847)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: John Page, U.S. army soldier
Seat: Clarinda (1853–)

Land area: 535 square miles

Population (2020): 15,211

Population (historic): 4,419 (1860); 19,667 (1880); 24,187 (1900); 25,904 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1900; 1910–1930; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: 11 cities; 16 townships

National Register listings: Nine

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,672 (37.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 46.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 3.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,447
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,268
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,252
Average farm size (1920): 135.2 acres
Sources of settlement: Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Sweden
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Clarinda

Namesake: Clarinda Buck, niece of an early county resident

Founding: 1853 (platting); 1854 (post office); 1866 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 5,369

Population (historic): 427 (1860); 2,011 (1880); 3,276 (1900); 4,962 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1853–1930; 1940–1960; 1970s; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 749 (34.2%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Duplex (c. 1920). 2923 196th Road. Nodaway. Prairie.
2. Charles Linderman House (c. 1885). 821 West State Street. Nodaway. Stick.