Ringgold County, Iowa
Founding: 1855 (declared in 1847) Parent county: Unorganized territory Namesake: Samuel Ringgold, U.S. army officer Seat: Mount Ayr (1855–) Land area: 535 square miles Population (2020): 4,663 Population (historic): 2,923 (1860); 12,085 (1880); 15,325 (1900); 11,966 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900 Subdivisions: Ten cities; one CDP; 11 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 750 (28.6%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 34.6% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 1.9% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.9% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.5% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,648 Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,575 Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.1 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,923 Average farm size (1920): 148.1 acres Sources of settlement: Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, and Pennsylvania ______________________________________________...