Guthrie County, Iowa

Founding: 1851
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Edwin Guthrie, U.S. army soldier
Seat: Guthrie Center (1856–)

Land area: 591 square miles

Population (2020): 10,623

Population (historic): 3,058 (1860); 14,394 (1880); 18,729 (1900); 17,324 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900; 1910s; 1990s

Subdivisions: 11 cities; two CDPs; 17 townships

National Register listings: Nine

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,883 (32.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 43.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,921
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,037
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,315
Average farm size (1920): 126.1 acres
Sources of settlement: Iowa, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and New York
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Guthrie Center

Namesake: The city's location within Guthrie County

Founding: 1856 (platting); 1856 (post office); 1880 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,593

Population (historic): 571 (1880); 1,193 (1900); 1,813 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1856–1940; 1950s; 1990s; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 353 (41.5%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *John Cretsinger Log House (c. 1855/1870). 1363 Burl Lane. Orange.
2. Harmon Reed Farm (c. 1895). 2627 Monteith Road. Valley. Eastlake.