The Great American Survey: A Slapdash Database of Historic Buildings

Founding:  1875 Parent county:  Howard Namesake:  The Elk River Seat:  Howard (1875–) Land area:  644 square miles Population (2020):  2,483 Population (historic):  10,623 (1880); 11,443 (1900); 9,210 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1880–1890 Subdivisions:  Five cities; ten townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  737 (41.9%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  36.7% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  14.6% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  25.2% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $1,033 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $780 Average farmhouse size (1940):  5.4 rooms Number of farms (1920):  1,289 Average farm size (1920):  129.7 acres Sources of settlement:  Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Ohio, Iowa, Kentucky, and Virginia _________________________________________________________________________________ Howard Namesake:  Oliver Ho...

Founding:  1843 Parent counties:  Clearfield, Jefferson, and McKean Namesake:  The eastern elk, a species once common in the region Seat:  Ridgway (1843–) Land area:  827 square miles Population (2020):  30,990 Population (historic):  3,531 (1850); 8,488 (1870); 32,903 (1900); 33,431 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1850–1900; 1950s Subdivisions:  One city; two boroughs; six CDPs; nine townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  5,271 (29.8%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  70.5% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  8.2% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  13.4% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  7.6% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $1,648 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $1,335 Average farmhouse size (1940):  6.9 rooms Number of farms (1920):  856 Average farm size (1920):  33.6 acres _________________________________________________________________...