The Great American Survey: A Slapdash Database of Historic Buildings

Founding:  1841 Parent counties:  Clay and Lawrence Namesake:  A descriptive name Seat:  Olney (1841–) Land area:  356 square miles Population (2020):  15,813 Population (historic):  4,012 (1850); 12,803 (1870); 15,019 (1890); 15,970 (1910); 14,053 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1850–1880; 1890s; 1920–1940; 1960–1980; 2000s Subdivisions:  One city; four villages; nine townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  1,236 (16.4%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  34.7% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  7.4% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  9.6% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  10% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $905 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $730 Average farmhouse size (1940):  5.3 rooms Number of farms (1920):  1,930 Average farm size (1920):  96.5 acres Sources of settlement:  Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Germany ___________________...

Founding:  1850 (declared in 1842) Parent counties:  Crawford and Sauk Namesake:  A descriptive name Seat:  Richland Center (1852–) Land area:  586 square miles Population (2020):  17,304 Population (historic):  903 (1850); 15,731 (1870); 19,483 (1900); 19,525 (1930) Periods of population growth:  1850–1900; 1910s; 1930s; 1970–2010 Subdivisions:  One city; five villages; two CDPs; 16 towns Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  2,824 (31.6%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  56.5% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  4% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  9.3% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $1,591 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $1,901 Average farmhouse size (1940):  6.5 rooms Number of farms (1920):  2,533 Average farm size (1920):  73.8 acres Sources of settlement:  Ohio, Indiana, New York, Germany, Pennsylvania, Norway, and Ireland _______________________________...

Founding:  1813 (declared in 1808) Parent county:  Franklin Namesake:  A descriptive name Seat:  Mansfield (1813–) Land area:  495 square miles Population (2020):  124,936 Population (historic):  9,169 (1820); 30,879 (1850); 32,516 (1870); 44,289 (1900); 65,902 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1820–1980; 1990s; 2010s Subdivisions:  Three cities; six villages; 18 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  10,910 (20%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  59.8% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  18.3% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  6.3% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  6.4% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $1,769 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $1,484 Average farmhouse size (1940):  7.2 rooms Number of farms (1920):  3,125 Average farm size (1920):  74.4 acres Sources of settlement:  Pennsylvania, New York, Germany, Maryland, and Ireland __...