The Great American Survey: A Slapdash Database of Historic Buildings

Founding:  1920 Parent counties:  Chouteau and Hill Namesake:  The American ideal of liberty Seat:  Chester (1920–) Land area:  1,430 square miles Population (2020):  1,959 Population (historic):  2,416 (1920); 2,198 (1930); 2,209 (1940) Periods of population growth:  pre-1920; 1950s; 2000s Subdivisions:  One town; five CDPs Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  278 (24.1%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  38.3% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  4.3% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  4.1% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $748 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $677 Average farmhouse size (1940):  4 rooms Number of farms (1920):  515 Average farm size (1920):  192.7 acres _________________________________________________________________________________   Chester   Namesake:  Chester, Pennsylvania Founding:  circa 1891 (founding); 1895 (post office); 1910 (incorporation...

Founding:  1855 Parent county:  Gadsden Namesake:  The concept of liberty Seat:  Bristol (1859–) Land area:  836 square miles Population (2020):  7,974 Population (historic):  1,457 (1860); 1,362 (1880); 2,956 (1900); 4,067 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1860; 1870–1920; 1960–2010 Subdivisions:  One city; three CDPs Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  137 (3.9%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  7.4% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  0.6% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  27.4% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  44.3% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $453 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $149 Average farmhouse size (1940):  4.6 rooms Number of farms (1920):  227 Average farm size (1920):  48.6 acres Sources of settlement:  Georgia and Alabama _________________________________________________________________________________ Bristol Names...