Guthrie County, Iowa
Founding: 1851 Parent county: Unorganized territory Namesake: Edwin Guthrie, U.S. army soldier Seat: Guthrie Center (1856–) Land area: 591 square miles Population (2020): 10,623 Population (historic): 3,058 (1860); 14,394 (1880); 18,729 (1900); 17,324 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900; 1910s; 1990s Subdivisions: 11 cities; two CDPs; 17 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,883 (32.4%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 43.7% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.7% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.3% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,921 Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,037 Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.2 rooms Number of farms (1920): 2,315 Average farm size (1920): 126.1 acres Sources of settlement: Iowa, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and New York _________________________________________________________________________________ Gut...