The Great American Survey: A Slapdash Database of Historic Buildings

Founding:  1833 (declared in 1831) Parent county:  Wayne Namesake:  Eleazer Ripley, Louisiana politician Seat:   Van Buren (1833–1847); Doniphan (1847–) Land area:  630 square miles Population (2020):  10,679 Population (historic):  2,856 (1840); 3,747 (1860); 5,377 (1880); 13,186 (1900); 11,176 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1840; 1850s; 1870–1900; 1930s; 1960–1980; 1990–2010 Subdivisions:  Two cities; two CDPs; 16 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  493 (7.5%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  18.1% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  3.3% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  29.7% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  24% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $455 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $294 Average farmhouse size (1940):  3.7 rooms Number of farms (1920):  1,638 Average farm size (1920):  53.7 acres Sources of settlement:  Tennesse...

Founding:  1818 (declared in 1816) Parent counties:  Dearborn and Jefferson Namesake:  Eleazer Ripley, Louisiana politician Seat:  Versailles (1818–) Land area:  446 square miles Population (2020):  28,995 Population (historic):  1,822 (1820); 14,820 (1850); 20,977 (1870); 19,881 (1900); 18,078 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1820–1880; 1890s; 1930s; 1950–2020 Subdivisions:  Six towns; 11 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  2,757 (22.5%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  48.9% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  13.3% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  6.3% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  3.4% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $1,014 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $805 Average farmhouse size (1940):  5.6 rooms Number of farms (1920):  2,836 Average farm size (1920):  70.4 acres Sources of settlement:  Germany, Ohio, and Kentucky ___...