Dakota County, Nebraska
Founding: 1855 Parent county: Burt Namesake: The Dakota Sioux people Seat: Dakota City (1856–) Land area: 264 square miles Population (2020): 21,582 Population (historic): 819 (1860); 3,213 (1880); 6,286 (1900); 9,505 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900; 1910–1930; 1950s; 1970s; 1990s Subdivisions: Two cities; four villages Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,081 (13.8%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 43.5% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.4% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.2% Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,208 Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,147 Average farmhouse size (1940): 6 rooms Number of farms (1920): 740 Average farm size (1920): 159.3 acres Sources of settlement: Iowa, Germany, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Illinois, Ireland, and Denmark _________________________________________________________________________________ Dakota Cit...