Des Moines County, Iowa
Founding: 1834 Parent county: Unorganized territory Namesake: The Des Moines River Seat: Burlington (1834–) Land area: 416 square miles Population (2020): 38,910 Population (historic): 12,988 (1850); 27,256 (1870); 35,989 (1900); 38,162 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1910; 1920s; 1940–1970 Subdivisions: Five cities; one CDP; 12 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 7,401 (39.9%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 69.2% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 10.9% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.6% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.6% Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,382 Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,090 Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.6 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,926 Average farm size (1920): 94 acres Sources of settlement: Germany, Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and New York ______________________...