Chickasaw County, Iowa

Founding: 1853 (declared in 1851)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: The Chickasaw people
Seat: Bradford (1854–1857); New Hampton (1857–)

Land area: 504 square miles

Population (2020): 12,012

Population (historic): 4,336 (1860); 14,534 (1880); 17,037 (1900); 14,637 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900; 1910s; 1930s; 1970s

Subdivisions: Nine cities; 12 townships

National Register listings: Four

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,993 (34.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 58%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 4.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 2.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,039
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,941
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,003
Average farm size (1920): 115.8 acres
Sources of settlement: New York, Wisconsin, Germany, Illinois, Ireland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Norway
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New Hampton

Namesake: New Hampton, New Hampshire

Founding: 1855 (platting); 1855 (post office); 1873 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 3,571

Population (historic): 455 (1870); 1,314 (1890); 2,275 (1910); 2,458 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1855–1900; 1910s; 1930–1980
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 474 (27.9%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *William Waite House (1871). 2213 Chickasaw Circle. Chickasaw. Razed.
2. Iver Nalvig Farm (c. 1895). 2949 110th Road. Utica. Eastlake.