The Great American Survey: A Slapdash Database of Historic Buildings

Founding:  1887 Parent counties:  Brown, Comanche, Hamilton, and Lampasas Namesake:  John Mills, Texas judge Seat:  Goldthwaite (1887–) Land area:  748 square miles Population (2020):  4,456 Population (historic):  4,493 (1890); 9,694 (1910); 8,293 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1890–1910; 1970–2000 Subdivisions:  One city; one town Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  312 (10.8%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  23.1% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  17.2% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  29.4% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $662 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $320 Average farmhouse size (1940):  4.2 rooms Number of farms (1920):  1,464 Average farm size (1920):  70.3 acres Sources of settlement:  Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee _________________________________________________________________________________ Goldthwaite Namesake:  Joseph Goldthw...

Founding:  1851 Parent county:  Pottawattamie Namesake:  Frederick Mills, Iowa soldier Seat:  Glenwood (1851–) Land area:  437 square miles Population (2020):  14,484 Population (historic):  4,481 (1860); 14,137 (1880); 16,764 (1900); 15,866 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1860–1900; 1920s; 1970s; 1990–2010 Subdivisions:  Seven cities; one CDP; 13 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  1,778 (29%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  47.8% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  4.3% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  3.4% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  5.4% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $2,205 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $1,983 Average farmhouse size (1940):  6.1 rooms Number of farms (1920):  1,571 Average farm size (1920):  140.2 acres Sources of settlement:  Iowa, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Pennsylvania, New York, and Germany _______________________...