The Great American Survey: A Slapdash Database of Historic Buildings

  Founding:  1855 Parent county:  Bates Namesake:  Miles Vernon, Missouri politician Seat:  Nevada (1855–) Land area:  826 square miles Population (2020):  19,707 Population (historic):  4,850 (1860); 19,369 (1880); 31,619 (1900); 25,031 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1860–1900; 1930s; 1970s; 1990–2010 Subdivisions:  Four cities; seven villages; 20 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  1,990 (20.8%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  28.8% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  1.7% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  11.1% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  9.6% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $956 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $726 Average farmhouse size (1940):  4.9 rooms Number of farms (1920):  3,267 Average farm size (1920):  121.7 acres Sources of settlement:  Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee _____________________...

Founding:  1851 Parent county:  Crawford Namesake:  Mount Vernon, George Washington's estate Seat:  Viroqua (1851–) Land area:  792 square miles Population (2020):  30,714 Population (historic):  11,007 (1860); 23,235 (1880); 28,351 (1900); 28,537 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1860–1900; 1910s; 1930s; 1970s; 1990–2020 Subdivisions:  Three cities; eight villages; 21 towns Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  3,888 (27.7%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  55.5% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  4.9% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  12.1% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  10.4% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $1,524 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $1,881 Average farmhouse size (1940):  6.1 rooms Number of farms (1920):  4,101 Average farm size (1920):  65.5 acres Sources of settlement:  Norway, Ohio, New York, Wisconsin, Germany, and Czechos...