Crook County, Wyoming
Founding: 1885 (declared in 1875) Parent counties: Albany and Laramie Namesake: George Crook, U.S. army officer Seat: Sundance (1885–) Land area: 2,854 square miles Population (2020): 7,181 Population (historic): 2,338 (1890); 3,137 (1900); 5,492 (1910); 5,524 (1920); 5,333 (1930) Periods of population growth: 1880–1910; 1930s; 1970s; 1990–2020 Subdivisions: Four towns; one CDP Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 320 (8.8%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 19.5% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 21.1% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.2% Average farmhouse value (1930): $706 Average outbuilding value (1930): $727 Average farmhouse size (1940): 4 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,093 Average farm size (1920): 115.8 acres Sources of settlement: Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, South Dakota, and Illinois ________________________________________________________...