Audubon County, Iowa
Founding: 1855 (declared in 1851) Parent counties: Pottawattamie and unorganized territory Namesake: John Audubon, American naturalist Seat: Exira (1861–1879); Audubon (1879–) Land area: 443 square miles Population (2020): 5,674 Population (historic): 454 (1860); 7,448 (1880); 13,626 (1900); 12,264 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900 Subdivisions: Five cities; 12 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,226 (40.9%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 43.9% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 2.8% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 1.1% Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,119 Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,872 Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.6 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,818 Average farm size (1920): 143.6 acres Sources of settlement: Iowa, Denmark, Germany, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York ___________________________________________________...