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Nevada County, Arkansas

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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 _____________________________________________________________...