McPherson County, Nebraska

Founding: 1890 (declared in 1887)
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: James McPherson, Union general
Seat: Tryon (1890–)
Land area: 859 square miles
Population (2020): 399
Population (historic): 401 (1890); 2,470 (1910); 1,358 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1910
Subdivisions: One CDP
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 58 (23.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 25.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 20.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 20.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $814
Average outbuilding value (1930): $864

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.2 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 355
Average farm size (1920): 295.1 acres
Sources of settlement: Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, and Missouri
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Tryon

 
Namesake: Unknown
Founding: 1890 (platting); 1893 (post office)
Population (2020): 107
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 11 (17.5%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Farm (c. 1915). 701 Ringgold Road. Classical Revival.

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