The Great American Survey: A Slapdash Database of Historic Buildings

Founding:  1845 Parent counties:  Dade and St. Clair Namesake:  Cedar Creek Seat:  Stockton (1846–) Land area:  474 square miles Population (2020):  14,188 Population (historic):  3,361 (1850); 9,474 (1870); 15,620 (1890); 16,080 (1910); 11,136 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1850–1900; 1930s; 1960–2020 Subdivisions:  Two cities; two villages; seven townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  950 (13.1%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  27.7% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  2.5% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  20.7% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  9.8% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $619 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $470 Average farmhouse size (1940):  4.1 rooms Number of farms (1920):  2,448 Average farm size (1920):  81.7 acres Sources of settlement:  Tennessee, Illinois, and Kentucky _________________________________________...

Founding:  1837 Parent county:  Dubuque Namesake:  The Cedar River Seat:  Rochester (1837–1841); Tipton (1841–) Land area:  579 square miles Population (2020):  18,505 Population (historic):  3,941 (1850); 19,731 (1870); 18,253 (1890); 17,765 (1910); 16,760 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1850–1870; 1890s; 1930–1960; 1970s; 1990–2020 Subdivisions:  Nine cities; one CDP; 17 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  2,954 (36%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  63.7% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  8.4% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  3.2% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  5.4% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $2,760 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $3,690 Average farmhouse size (1940):  7.4 rooms Number of farms (1920):  2,212 Average farm size (1920):  139 acres Sources of settlement:  Ohio, Pennsylvania, Germany, New York, and Ireland...