Nevada County, Arkansas

Founding: 1871
Parent counties: Columbia, Hempstead, and Ouachita
Namesake: The state of Nevada
Seat: Mount Moriah (1871–1872); Rosston (1872–1877); Prescott (1877–)
Land area: 618 square miles
Population (2020): 8,187
Population (historic): 12,959 (1880); 16,609 (1900); 20,407 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1920; 1970s
Subdivisions: Two cities; six towns; one CDP
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 287 (6.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 7.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 15.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 41.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $360
Average outbuilding value (1930): $117

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.2 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 3,682
Average farm size (1920): 39.8 acres
Sources of settlement: Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, and South Carolina
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Prescott

 
Namesake: Unknown
Founding: 1873 (platting); 1873 (post office); 1874 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 3,101
Population (historic): 1,253 (1880); 2,005 (1900); 3,033 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1870s; 1890–1910; 1920–1950; 1960–1980
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 136 (7.6%)
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