Amador County, California
Founding: 1854 Parent counties: Calaveras and El Dorado Namesake: José María Amador, California rancher Seat: Jackson (1854–) Land area: 595 square miles Population (2020): 40,474 Population (historic): 10,930 (1860); 11,384 (1880); 11,116 (1900); 8,494 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1860; 1870s; 1890s; 1920–2020 Subdivisions: Five cities; 13 CDPs Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,722 (9.4%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 47.6% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 2.3% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.2% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.3% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,149 Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,033 Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.4 rooms Number of farms (1920): 479 Average farm size (1920): 125.2 acres Sources of settlement: Italy, England, Austria, Ireland, Missouri, Germany, Ohio, New York, and Illinois __________________...