Dakota County, Nebraska

Founding: 1855
Parent county: Burt
Namesake: The Dakota Sioux people
Seat: Dakota City (1856–)
Land area: 264 square miles
Population (2020): 21,582
Population (historic): 819 (1860); 3,213 (1880); 6,286 (1900); 9,505 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900; 1910–1930; 1950s; 1970s; 1990s
Subdivisions: Two cities; four villages
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,081 (13.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 43.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,208
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,147

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 740
Average farm size (1920): 159.3 acres
Sources of settlement: Iowa, Germany, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Illinois, Ireland, and Denmark
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Dakota City

 
Namesake: The Dakota Sioux people
Founding: 1856 (platting); 1856 (post office); 1858 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 2,081
Population (historic): 58 (1860); 364 (1880); 521 (1900); 417 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1856–1900; 1930–1980; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 59 (8%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Cornelius O'Connor House (c. 1875). 2470 Blyburg Road. Italianate.
2. William Holsworth Farm (c. 1890). 2685 Inwood Road. Eastlake.
3. Jacob Leamer House (c. 1870). 573 State Route 35. Italianate.

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