The Great American Survey: A Slapdash Database of Historic Buildings

Founding:  1801 Parent counties:  Grainger and Hawkins Namesake:  William Claiborne, Louisiana governor Seat:  Tazewell (1804–) Land area:  435 square miles Population (2020):  32,043 Population (historic):  4,798 (1810); 9,474 (1840); 9,321 (1870); 20,696 (1900); 24,313 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1810–1840; 1850s; 1870–1910; 1920–1950; 1960–2010 Subdivisions:  Two cities; two towns Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  1,209 (7.8%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  24.3% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  4.1% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  26.8% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  25.3% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $502 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $250 Average farmhouse size (1940):  4 rooms Number of farms (1920):  3,022 Average farm size (1920):  39 acres _________________________________________________________________________________   Tazewell  ...

Founding:  1802 Parent county:  Jefferson Namesake:  William Claiborne, Louisiana governor Seat:  Port Gibson (1802–) Land area:  487 square miles Population (2020):  9,135 Population (historic):  3,102 (1810); 13,078 (1840); 13,386 (1870); 20,787 (1900); 12,152 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1810–1860; 1870s; 1890s; 1930s; 1970s; 1990s Subdivisions:  One city; one CDP Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  216 (5%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  8.1% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  7.1% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  38.2% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  34.9% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $401 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $123 Average farmhouse size (1940):  3.6 rooms Number of farms (1920):  2,154 Average farm size (1920):  52.7 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Port Gibson Namesake:  Samuel Gibson...