The Great American Survey: A Slapdash Database of Historic Buildings

Founding:  1860 Parent county:  Bayfield Namesake:  Ashland, Henry Clay's estate Seat:  La Pointe (1860s–1873); Ashland (1860s, 1873–) Land area:  1,045 square miles Population (2020):  16,027 Population (historic):  515 (1860); 1,559 (1880); 20,176 (1900); 21,054 (1930) Periods of population growth:  1870–1920; 1930s; 1990s Subdivisions:  Two cities; one village; eight CDPs; 13 towns Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  2,608 (27%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  49.4% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  14.5% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  11% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $996 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $973 Average farmhouse size (1940):  4.8 rooms Number of farms (1920):  1,131 Average farm size (1920):  32 acres Sources of settlement:  Germany, Canada, Michigan, Sweden, and Norway ___________________________________________________________________...

Founding:  1846 Parent counties:  Huron, Lorain, Richland, and Wayne Namesake:  The city of Ashland Seat:  Ashland (1846–) Land area:  423 square miles Population (2020):  52,447 Population (historic):  23,812 (1850); 21,933 (1870); 22,223 (1890); 22,975 (1910); 26,867 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1850; 1870s; 1900–2010 Subdivisions:  One city; eight villages; one CDP; 15 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  5,759 (26%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  69.6% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  19.5% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  7.3% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  4% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $1,512 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $1,393 Average farmhouse size (1940):  7.5 rooms Number of farms (1920):  2,512 Average farm size (1920):  76 acres Sources of settlement:  Pennsylvania, Germany, and New York _____________...