The Great American Survey: A Slapdash Database of Historic Buildings

Founding:  1806 Parent county:  Genesee Namesake:  The Allegheny Mountains Seat:  Angelica (1806–1859); Belmont (1859–) Land area:  1,029 square miles Population (2020):  46,456 Population (historic):  1,942 (1810); 40,975 (1840); 40,814 (1870); 41,501 (1900); 38,025 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1810–1840; 1850s; 1870–1890; 1920–1980 Subdivisions:  Ten villages; seven CDPs; 29 towns Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  8,545 (32.4%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  75.1% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  23.2% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  11.6% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  7.1% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $1,479 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $1,561 Average farmhouse size (1940):  7.8 rooms Number of farms (1920):  4,405 Average farm size (1920):  75.3 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Belmont Namesak...

Founding:  1789 Parent county:  Washington Namesake:  The Allegheny Mountains Seat:  Cumberland (1789–) Land area:  424 square miles Population (2020):  68,106 Population (historic):  4,809 (1790); 10,609 (1830); 28,348 (1860); 41,571 (1890); 79,098 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1790–1870; 1880–1950; 2010s Subdivisions:  Two cities; five towns; 30 CDPs Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  10,606 (32.1%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  56.9% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  24.8% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  16% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  7.2% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $1,289 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $825 Average farmhouse size (1940):  5.6 rooms Number of farms (1920):  999 Average farm size (1920):  64.1 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Cumberland Namesake...