Plymouth County, Iowa
Founding: 1858 (declared in 1851) Parent county: Unorganized territory Namesake: Plymouth, Massachusetts Seat: Melbourne (1859–1872); LeMars (1872–) Land area: 863 square miles Population (2020): 25,698 Population (historic): 148 (1860); 8,566 (1880); 22,209 (1900); 24,159 (1930) Periods of population growth: 1860–1930; 1950–1980; 1990–2020 Subdivisions: 11 cities; 24 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,200 (29.5%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 55.3% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 2.5% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 2.9% Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,256 Average outbuilding value (1930): $3,210 Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.7 rooms Number of farms (1920): 2,699 Average farm size (1920): 174.6 acres Sources of settlement: Iowa, Germany, Illinois, Wisconsin, New York, and England _____________________________________________________________________...