Eureka County, Nevada
Founding: 1873 Parent county: Lander Namesake: The city of Eureka Seat: Eureka (1873–) Land area: 4,176 square miles Population (2020): 1,855 Population (historic): 7,086 (1880); 1,954 (1900); 1,830 (1910); 1,333 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1880; 1930s; 1960–2010 Subdivisions: Two CDPs Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 100 (8.6%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 17.2% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 21.1% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 17.7% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,744 Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,533 Number of farms (1920): 60 Average farm size (1920): 418.7 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Eureka Namesake: The Greek exclamation heúrēka ("I found it"), attributed to Archimedes Founding: 1864 (founding); 1870 (post office) Population (2020): ...