Nevada County, Arkansas
Founding: 1871 Parent counties: Columbia, Hempstead, and Ouachita Namesake: The state of Nevada Seat: Mount Moriah (1871–1872); Rosston (1872–1877); Prescott (1877–) Land area: 618 square miles Population (2020): 8,187 Population (historic): 12,959 (1880); 16,609 (1900); 20,407 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1920; 1970s Subdivisions: Two cities; six towns; one CDP Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 287 (6.2%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 7.3% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 15.2% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 41.6% Average farmhouse value (1930): $360 Average outbuilding value (1930): $117 Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.2 rooms Number of farms (1920): 3,682 Average farm size (1920): 39.8 acres Sources of settlement: Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, and South Carolina _____________________________________________________________...