The Great American Survey: A Slapdash Database of Historic Buildings

Founding:  1886 (declared in 1873) Parent county:  Unorganized territory Namesake:  William Tecumseh Sherman, Union general Seat:  Goodland (1887–) Land area:  1,056 square miles Population (2020):  5,927 Population (historic):  5,261 (1890); 4,549 (1910); 7,400 (1930) Periods of population growth:  1880s; 1900–1930; 1940s; 1960s Subdivisions:  Two cities; 13 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  666 (21.4%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  46.6% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  10.4% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  6.8% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $1,044 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $1,119 Average farmhouse size (1940):  4.7 rooms Number of farms (1920):  597 Average farm size (1920):  317.9 acres Sources of settlement:  Kansas, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Indiana, and Ohio _________________________________________________________________________________ ...

Founding:  1774 Parent counties:  Dorchester and Queen Anne's Namesake:  Caroline Eden, daughter of Charles Calvert Seat:  Denton (1790–) Land area:  319 square miles Population (2020):  33,293 Population (historic):  9,506 (1790); 7,806 (1840); 12,101 (1870); 16,248 (1900); 17,387 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1790; 1800–1820; 1840–1910; 1930–2020 Subdivisions:  Nine towns; three CDPs Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  2,482 (18.2%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  50.7% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  17.4% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  17.3% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  13.6% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $1,280 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $791 Average farmhouse size (1940):  6.3 rooms Number of farms (1920):  2,071 Average farm size (1920):  58.2 acres _________________________________________________________________________________   Denton ...