Muscatine County, Iowa
Founding: 1836 Parent county: Des Moines Namesake: Uncertain—perhaps Muscatine Island Seat: Muscatine (1837–) Land area: 437 square miles Population (2020): 43,235 Population (historic): 5,731 (1850); 21,688 (1870); 24,504 (1890); 29,505 (1910); 29,385 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1910; 1920–1980; 1990–2020 Subdivisions: Eight cities; 14 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,704 (31.5%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 62.3% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 7.5% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 5% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.1% Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,583 Average outbuilding value (1930): $3,047 Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.8 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,923 Average farm size (1920): 113.1 acres Sources of settlement: Germany, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Ireland, Illinois, and New York ______...