The Great American Survey: A Slapdash Database of Historic Buildings

Founding:  1857 (declared in 1851) Parent county:  Unorganized territory Namesake:  Daniel Dickinson, New York politician Seat:  Spirit Lake (1857–) Land area:  381 square miles Population (2020):  17,703 Population (historic):  1,389 (1870); 4,328 (1890); 8,137 (1910); 10,982 (1930) Periods of population growth:  1860–1950; 1970s; 1990–2020 Subdivisions:  Ten cities; 12 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  2,226 (16.3%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  38.6% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  4.2% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  5.2% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $1,725 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $2,335 Average farmhouse size (1940):  6.2 rooms Number of farms (1920):  1,043 Average farm size (1920):  179.2 acres Sources of settlement:  Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, New York, Germany, and Norway ___________________________________________________...

Founding:  1891 Parent counties:  Marquette, Menominee, and Iron Namesake:  Donald Dickinson, Michigan politician Seat:  Iron Mountain (1891–) Land area:  761 square miles Population (2020):  25,947 Population (historic):  17,890 (1900); 20,524 (1910); 19,456 (1920); 29,941 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1900–1910; 1920s; 1970–2000 Subdivisions:  Three cities; one CDP; seven townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  3,615 (25.7%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  58.8% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  3.4% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  5% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $990 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $965 Average farmhouse size (1940):  5.1 rooms Number of farms (1920):  429 Average farm size (1920):  35.3 acres Sources of settlement:  Michigan, Sweden, Italy, Wisconsin, Austria, England, and France ____________________________________________________...