The Great American Survey: A Slapdash Database of Historic Buildings

  Founding:  1912 Parent county:  Montgomery Namesake:  Joseph Wheeler, Georgia military commander Seat:  Alamo (1912–) Land area:  295 square miles Population (2020):  7,471 Population (historic):  9,817 (1920); 9,149 (1930); 8,535 (1940) Periods of population growth:  pre-1920; 1970s; 1990–2010 Subdivisions:  Two cities Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  246 (9.4%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  15.2% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  42.3% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  42.2% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $388 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $186 Average farmhouse size (1940):  4.2 rooms Number of farms (1920):  1,476 Average farm size (1920):  45.1 acres _________________________________________________________________________________ Alamo Namesake:  The Battle of the Alamo, fought in 1836 Founding:  1890 (platting); 1890 (post office); 1909 (incorporation) Popula...

Founding:  1899 Parent counties:  Crook, Gilliam, and Grant Namesake:  Henry Wheeler, local resident Seat:  Fossil (1899–) Land area:  1,715 square miles Population (2020):  1,451 Population (historic):  2,443 (1900); 2,484 (1910); 2,791 (1920); 2,799 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1900–1950; 1990s Subdivisions:  Three cities Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  259 (26.2%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  26.3% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 35.8% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 26.9% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $1,241 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $1,097 Average farmhouse size (1940):  5.1 rooms Number of farms (1920):  359 Average farm size (1920):  111.7 acres Sources of settlement:  Missouri, Tennessee, California, Iowa, and Illinois _________________________________________________________________________________ Fossil Namesake:  Fo...