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Ogle County, Illinois

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Founding:  1836 Parent counties:  Jo Daviess and unorganized territory Namesake:  Joseph Ogle, Illinois frontiersman Seat:  Oregon (1837–) Land area:  759 square miles Population (2020):  51,788 Population (historic):  3,479 (1840); 22,888 (1860); 29,937 (1880); 29,129 (1900); 28,118 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1840–1880; 1890s; 1920–1980; 1990–2010 Subdivisions:  Four cities; nine villages; two CDPs; 24 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  5,944 (26.2%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  67.1% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  16.2% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  4.5% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  4.7% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $2,301 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $3,268 Average farmhouse size (1940):  7.5 rooms Number of farms (1920):  2,784 Average farm size (1920):  137.4 acres Sources of settlement:  Pennsylvan...