Appanoose County, Iowa
Founding: 1846 (declared in 1843) Parent county: Unorganized territory Namesake: Appanoose, Meskwaki chief Seat: Centerville (1846–) Land area: 497 square miles Population (2020): 12,317 Population (historic): 3,131 (1850); 16,456 (1870); 18,961 (1890); 28,701 (1910); 24,835 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1920; 1970s Subdivisions: 11 cities; 17 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,218 (33.5%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 34.2% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 1.6% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.5% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 19% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,211 Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,037 Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.6 rooms Number of farms (1920): 2,283 Average farm size (1920): 105.8 acres Sources of settlement: Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Missouri, and Virginia...