Pocahontas County, Iowa

Founding: 1859 (declared in 1851)
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: Pocahontas, daughter of Powhatan
Seat: Rolfe (1859–1875); Pocahontas (1875–)
Land area: 577 square miles
Population (2020): 7,078
Population (historic): 103 (1860); 3,713 (1880); 15,339 (1900); 15,687 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1860–1900; 1910–1940
Subdivisions: Nine cities; 17 townships
National Register listings: Three
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,412 (37.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 44.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,477
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,861
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,992
Average farm size (1920): 163.8 acres
Sources of settlement: Iowa, Illinois, Germany, Sweden, Wisconsin, New York, and Norway
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Pocahontas

 
Namesake: Pocahontas, daughter of Powhatan
Founding: 1870 (platting as Pocahontas Center); 1870 (post office); 1892 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 1,789
Population (historic): 625 (1900); 987 (1910); 1,302 (1920); 1,308 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1870–1980; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 196 (21.7%)
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