Floyd County, Iowa


Founding: 1854 (declared in 1851)
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: Charles Floyd, U.S. army officer
Seat: Charles City (1854–)
Land area: 501 square miles
Population (2020): 15,627
Population (historic): 3,744 (1860); 14,677 (1880); 17,754 (1900); 19,524 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900; 1910–1950
Subdivisions: Seven cities; 12 townships
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,718 (35.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 45.3%
Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.8%
Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.5%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,085
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,928
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,916
Average farm size (1920): 132.8 acres
Sources of settlement: New York, Wisconsin, Germany, Illinois, and New England
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Charles City
 
Namesake: Unknown
Founding: 1854 (platting as St. Charles City); 1857 (post office); 1869 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 7,396
Population (historic): 2,166 (1870); 2,802 (1890); 5,892 (1910); 8,039 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1854–1950
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,327 (35.7%)
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Outstanding Buildings

  1. Clover Lawn Farm / Orlo Lyon Farm (c. 1875). 1455 210th Road. Rockford. Gothic Revival.
  2. Hezekiah Blunt House (c. 1900). 1862 Cleveland Road. St. Charles. Queen Anne.
  3. Elizabeth Strawn Farm (c. 1860). 2260 Old US Highway 218. St. Charles.
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