Bureau County, Illinois
Founding: 1837 Parent county: Putnam Namesake: Big Bureau Creek Seat: Princeton (1837–) Land area: 869 square miles Population (2020): 33,244 Population (historic): 3,067 (1840); 26,426 (1860); 33,172 (1880); 41,112 (1900); 38,845 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1910; 1940s; 1960–1980 Subdivisions: Two cities; 20 villages; 25 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,694 (36.3%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 62.4% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 12.2% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.9% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.6% Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,595 Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,983 Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.4 rooms Number of farms (1920): 3,203 Average farm size (1920): 143.2 acres Sources of settlement: Pennsylvania, Germany, Ohio, New York, Sweden, Ireland, and England ____________...