The Great American Survey: A Slapdash Database of Historic Buildings

  Founding:  1857 Parent counties:  Kossuth and Webster Namesake:  Alexander von Humboldt, German scientist Seat:  Dakota City (1857–) Land area:  434 square miles Population (2020):  9,597 Population (historic):  2,596 (1870); 9,836 (1890); 12,182 (1910); 13,202 (1930) Periods of population growth:  1860–1900; 1910–1940 Subdivisions:  13 cities; 12 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  1,620 (34.3%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  50.2% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  2.3% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  9.8% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $2,587 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $3,489 Average farmhouse size (1940):  6.9 rooms Number of farms (1920):  1,380 Average farm size (1920):  170.8 acres Sources of settlement:  New York, Wisconsin, Norway, Illinois, and Germany _________________________________________________________________________________ Dakota City Namesa...

Founding:  1861 Parent county:  Unorganized territory Namesake:  The Humboldt River Seat:   Unionville (1861–1873); Winnemucca (1873–) Land area:  9,641 square miles Population (2020):  17,285 Population (historic):  1,916 (1870); 3,434 (1890); 6,825 (1910); 3,795 (1930) Periods of population growth:  1860–1880; 1890–1910; 1920–2020 Subdivisions:  One city; seven CDPs Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  452 (6%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  28% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  42% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  8.2% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $1,203 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $1,439 Average farmhouse size (1940):  4.1 rooms Number of farms (1920):  132 Average farm size (1920):  581.7 acres ___________________________________________________________________________________ Winnemucca Namesake:  Winnemucca, Paiute chief Founding:  1866 (p...