The Great American Survey: A Slapdash Database of Historic Buildings

Founding:  1870 (declared in 1867) Parent county:  Unorganized territory Namesake:  William Mitchell, Kansas soldier Seat:  Beloit (1870–) Land area:  702 square miles Population (2020):  5,796 Population (historic):  485 (1870); 15,037 (1890); 14,089 (1910); 12,774 (1930) Periods of population growth:  1870–1890; 1970s Subdivisions:  Seven cities; 20 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  1,168 (37.1%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  42.7% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  12.1% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  7.9% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $1,186 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $986 Average farmhouse size (1940):  6.2 rooms Number of farms (1920):  1,822 Average farm size (1920):  191.5 acres Sources of settlement:  Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, New York, Missouri, and Wisconsin ____________________________________________________________________________...

Founding:  1854 (declared in 1851) Parent county:  Unorganized territory Namesake:  John Mitchel, Irish nationalist Seat:  Mitchell (1855–1857, 1860–1870); Osage (1857–1860, 1870–) Land area:  469 square miles Population (2020):  10,565 Population (historic):  3,409 (1860); 14,363 (1880); 14,916 (1900); 14,065 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1860–1880; 1890s; 1910–1940; 1950s Subdivisions:  Seven cities; six CDPs; 16 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  1,824 (36.7%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  54.6% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  5.6% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  4.9% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $2,261 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $2,765 Average farmhouse size (1940):  7.1 rooms Number of farms (1920):  138.3 acres Average farm size (1920):  1,770 Sources of settlement:  Wisconsin, New York, Germany, Norway, Denmark, and Illinois _________________...