Calhoun County, Iowa
Founding: 1855 (declared in 1851)
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: John Calhoun, South Carolina politician
Seat: Lake City (1856–1877); Rockwell City (1877–)
Land area: 570 square miles
Population (historic): 1,602 (1870); 13,107 (1890); 17,090 (1910); 17,605 (1930)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 46.7%
Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.3%
Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.7%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,322Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,902
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,060
Average farm size (1920): 160.3 acres
Sources of settlement: Iowa, Illinois, Germany, Sweden, and New York
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Rockwell City
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 339 (35.5%)
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