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Rockwall County, Texas

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  Founding:  1873 Parent county:  Kaufman Namesake:  The city of Rockwall Seat:  Rockwall (1873–) Land area:  127 square miles Population (2020):  107,819 Population (historic):  2,984 (1880); 8,531 (1900); 7,658 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1880–1900; 1910s; 1960–2020 Subdivisions:  Five cities Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  274 (0.8%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  12.8% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  42.2% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  19.2% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $782 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $401 Average farmhouse size (1940):  3.7 rooms Number of farms (1920):  1,075 Average farm size (1920):  71.9 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Rockwall Namesake:  Subterranean rock formations near the city Founding:  1854 (platting); 1854 (post office); 1874 (incorporation) Populatio...