The Great American Survey: A Slapdash Database of Historic Buildings

  Founding:  1859 (declared in 1851) Parent county:  Unorganized territory Namesake:  Robert Emmet, Irish nationalist Seat:  Estherville (1859–) Land area:  401 square miles Population (2020):  9,388 Population (historic):  1,392 (1870); 4,274 (1890); 9,816 (1910); 12,856 (1930) Periods of population growth:  1860–1900; 1910–1960 Subdivisions:  Six cities; 12 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  1,703 (35.5%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  59.9% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  3.3% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  4% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $1,902 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $2,611 Average farmhouse size (1940):  6.3 rooms Number of farms (1920):  1,193 Average farm size (1920):  168.2 acres Sources of settlement:  Iowa, Norway, Illinois, Denmark, Germany, and Wisconsin _________________________________________________________________________________ Esthe...

Founding:  1853 (declared in 1840) Parent county:  Unorganized territory Namesake:  Robert Emmet, Irish nationalist Seat:  St. James (1853–1857); Harbor Springs (1857–1902); Petoskey (1902–) Land area:  467 square miles Population (2020):  34,112 Population (historic):  1,149 (1860); 6,639 (1880); 15,931 (1900); 15,109 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1860–1910; 1930–1950; 1960–2020 Subdivisions:  Two cities; three cities; nine CDPs; 16 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  3,309 (15.3%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  67.6% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  12.2% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  6.9% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $1,023 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $693 Average farmhouse size (1940):  5.5 rooms Number of farms (1920):  1,298 Average farm size (1920):  47.4 acres Sources of settlement:  Michigan, Canada, New York, Ohio, G...