Winneshiek County, Iowa
Founding: 1851 (declared in 1847) Parent county: Unorganized territory Namesake: Winneshiek, Winnebago chief Seat: Decorah (1851–) Land area: 690 square miles Population (2020): 20,070 Population (historic): 546 (1850); 23,570 (1870); 22,528 (1890); 21,729 (1910); 21,630 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1880; 1890s; 1910s; 1930s; 1950–1980; 1990s Subdivisions: Eight cities; one CDP; 20 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,298 (36.7%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 63% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 3.6% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.5% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.8% Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,460 Average outbuilding value (1930): $3,063 Average farmhouse size (1940): 7 rooms Number of farms (1920): 2,915 Average farm size (1920): 112.9 acres Sources of settlement: Norway, New York, Germany, Switzerland, Czechoslova...