Ida County, Iowa
Founding: 1859 (declared in 1851) Parent county: Unorganized territory Namesake: Mount Ida (in Crete) Seat: Ida (1858–1877); Ida Grove (1877–) Land area: 432 square miles Population (2020): 7,005 Population (historic): 226 (1870); 10,705 (1890); 11,296 (1910); 11,933 (1930) Periods of population growth: 1860–1900; 1910–1930 Subdivisions: Five cities; 12 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,436 (41.9%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 56.6% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 1.1% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.6% Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,694 Average outbuilding value (1930): $3,884 Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.1 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,398 Average farm size (1920): 185.1 acres Sources of settlement: Iowa, Germany, Illinois, and Pennsylvania __________________________________________________________________________...