The Great American Survey: A Slapdash Database of Historic Buildings

Founding:  1919 Parent counties:  Barnwell and Hampton Namesake:  The town of Allendale Seat:  Allendale (1919–) Land area:  408 square miles Population (2020):  8,039 Population (historic):  16,098 (1920); 13,294 (1930); 13,040 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1920; 1970–1990 Subdivisions:  Four towns Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  220 (5.4%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  14.4% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  37.7% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  23% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $451 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $248 Average farmhouse size (1940):  4.4 rooms Number of farms (1920):  1,764 Average farm size (1920):  55.2 acres _________________________________________________________________________________   Allendale   Namesake:  Paul Allen, the town's first postmaster Founding:  1840s (founding); 1849 (post office); 1873 (platting); 1873 (inc...

Founding:  1916 Parent counties:  Abbeville, Edgefield, and Greenwood Namesake:  The town of McCormick Seat:  McCormick (1916–) Land area:  359 square miles Population (2020):  9,526 Population (historic):  16,444 (1920); 11,471 (1930); 10,367 (1940) Periods of population growth:  pre-1920; 1980–2010 Subdivisions:  Three towns; four CDPs Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  327 (5.8%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  15.4% Farm housing in disrepair (1940):  51.3% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1940):  30.7% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $449 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $174 Average farmhouse size (1940):  4.2 rooms Number of farms (1920):  2,911 Average farm size (1920):  28.6 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ McCormick Namesake:  Cyrus McCormick, Virginia inventor Founding:  1870s (platting); 1882 (post office); 1882 (incorporat...