The Great American Survey: A Slapdash Database of Historic Buildings

Founding:  1856 (declared in 1851) Parent county:  Unorganized territory Namesake:  Felix Grundy, Tennessee senator Seat:  Grundy Center (1856–) Land area:  502 square miles Population (2020):  12,329 Population (historic):  793 (1860); 12,639 (1880); 13,757 (1900); 14,133 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1860–1900; 1910s; 1940–1960; 1970s; 1990–2010 Subdivisions:  Nine cities; 14 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  2,188 (39.3%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  56.2% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  2% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  2.4% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $2,429 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $3,321 Average farmhouse size (1940):  7.2 rooms Number of farms (1920):  1,725 Average farm size (1920):  163.1 acres Sources of settlement:  Germany, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, Ireland, and Denmark ____________________________________...

Founding:  1841 (declared in 1839) Parent county:  Unorganized territory Namesake:  Felix Grundy, Tennessee politician Seat:  Trenton (1841–) Land area:  435 square miles Population (2020):  9,808 Population (historic):  3,006 (1850); 10,567 (1870); 17,876 (1890); 16,744 (1910); 16,135 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1850–1890; 1910s; 1970s Subdivisions:  Five cities; one village; two CDPs; 13 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  1,125 (22.5%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  31.8% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  2.7% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  8.1% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  10.1% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $1,105 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $841 Average farmhouse size (1940):  5.2 rooms Number of farms (1920):  1,915 Average farm size (1920):  113.6 acres Sources of settlement:  Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky, ...

Founding:  1841 Parent county:  LaSalle Namesake:  Felix Grundy, Tennessee politician Seat:  Morris (1842–) Land area:  418 square miles Population (2020):  52,533 Population (historic):  3,023 (1850); 14,938 (1870); 21,024 (1890); 24,162 (1910); 18,678 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1850–1910; 1920s; 1940–2020 Subdivisions:  One city; 15 villages; 17 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  2,889 (13.9%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  54.6% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  8.6% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  2.8% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  4.1% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $1,978 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $2,850 Average farmhouse size (1940):  7.1 rooms Number of farms (1920):  1,506 Average farm size (1920):  149.4 acres Sources of settlement:  New York, Ireland, England, Norway, Germany, Ohio, and Pennsylvania ...

Founding:  1844 Parent counties:  Coffee and Warren Namesake:  Felix Grundy, Tennessee politician Seat:  Beersheba Springs (1844–1848); Altamont (1848–) Land area:  361 square miles Population (2020): 13,529 Population (historic):  2,773 (1850); 3,250 (1870); 6,345 (1890); 8,322 (1910); 9,717 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1850–1920; 1930–1950; 1970s; 1990s Subdivisions:  Two cities; five towns; one CDP Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  535 (8.3%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  27.6% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  11.4% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  27.4% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  33% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $472 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $261 Average farmhouse size (1940):  4 rooms Number of farms (1920):  563 Average farm size (1920):  33.8 acres ____________________________________________________________________...