The Great American Survey: A Slapdash Database of Historic Buildings

Founding:  1858 (declared in 1851) Parent county:  Unorganized territory Namesake:  The Cherokee people Seat:  Cherokee (1858–) Land area:  577 square miles Population (2020):  11,658 Population (historic):  58 (1860); 8,240 (1880); 16,570 (1900); 18,737 (1930) Periods of population growth:  1860–1940 Subdivisions:  Eight cities; 16 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  2,311 (40.1%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  56.2% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  3% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  0.7% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $2,187 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $3,734 Average farmhouse size (1940):  7 rooms Number of farms (1920):  1,844 Average farm size (1920):  166.4 acres Sources of settlement:  Iowa, Illinois, Germany, Wisconsin, and Sweden _________________________________________________________________________________   Cherokee   Namesake:  The Chero...

Founding:  1839 Parent county:  Macon Namesake:  The Cherokee people Seat:  Murphy (1839–) Land area:  455 square miles Population (2020):  28,774 Population (historic):  3,427 (1840); 9,166 (1860); 8,182 (1880); 11,860 (1900); 16,151 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1840–1860; 1870–1940; 1970–2020 Subdivisions:  Two towns; one CDP Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  646 (3.6%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  22.1% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  2.2% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  35% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  30.1% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $370 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $137 Average farmhouse size (1940):  4.2 rooms Number of farms (1920):  1,903 Average farm size (1920):  21.9 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Murphy Namesake:  Archibald Murphey, North...