Story County, Iowa

Founding: 1853 (declared in 1846)
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: Joseph Story, Supreme Court justice
Seat: Nevada (1853–)
Land area: 573 square miles
Population (2020): 98,537
Population (historic): 4,051 (1860); 16,906 (1880); 23,159 (1900); 31,141 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1860–2020
Subdivisions: 15 cities; 16 townships
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,572 (13.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 60.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 4.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,201
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,642
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,215
Average farm size (1920): 132.2 acres
Sources of settlement: Norway, Illinois, Ohio, New York, Indiana, and Pennsylvania
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Nevada

 
Namesake: The Sierra Nevada Mountains
Founding: 1853 (platting); 1854 (post office); 1868 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 6,925
Population (historic): 350 (1860); 1,541 (1880); 2,472 (1900); 3,133 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1853–1900; 1910–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 573 (19.2%)
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