The Great American Survey: A Slapdash Database of Historic Buildings

Founding:  1779 Parent county:  Craven Namesake:  Willie Jones, North Carolina politician Seat:  Trenton (1779–) Land area:  471 square miles Population (2020):  9,172 Population (historic):  4,796 (1790); 4,945 (1840); 5,002 (1870); 8,226 (1900); 10,428 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1790; 1800–1830; 1840–1860; 1870s; 1890–1950; 1990s Subdivisions:  Three towns; seven townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  417 (8.3%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  23.7% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  13.4% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  40.3% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  37.1% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $441 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $305 Average farmhouse size (1940):  4.5 rooms Number of farms (1920):  1,540 Average farm size (1920):  34.3 acres _________________________________________________________________________________   Trenton   Names...

Founding:  1917 (declared in 1916) Parent county:  Lyman Namesake:  George Jones, Iowa politician Seat:  Murdo (1917–) Land area:  970 square miles Population (2020):  917 Population (historic):  3,004 (1920); 3,177 (1930); 2,509 (1940) Periods of population growth:  pre-1920–1930 Subdivisions:  One city; one town; one CDP; 13 townships; four territories Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  118 (20.3%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  16.7% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  29.6% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  9.3% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $758 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $744 Average farmhouse size (1940):  4.1 rooms Number of farms (1920):  484 Average farm size (1920):  367.5 acres Sources of settlement:  South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Germany, and Norway _________________________________________________________________________________   Murdo   Namesa...

  Founding:  1839 (declared in 1837) Parent county:  Dubuque Namesake:  George Jones, Iowa senator Seat:   Edinburgh (1840–1847); Anamosa (1847–) Land area:  576 square miles Population (2020):  20,646 Population (historic):  3,007 (1850); 19,731 (1870); 20,233 (1890); 19,050 (1910); 19,206 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1850–1880; 1890s; 1920–1940; 1950s; 1970s; 1990–2010 Subdivisions:  Nine cities; two CDPs; 16 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  2,884 (32.2%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  59% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  7.7% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  4.5% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  4.8% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $2,435 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $3,309 Average farmhouse size (1940):  7.1 rooms Number of farms (1920):  2,090 Average farm size (1920):  132 acres Sources of settlement:  New York, Ohio, Illinois, Pe...