Woodbury County, Iowa
Founding: 1853 (declared in 1851) Parent county: Unorganized territory Namesake: Levi Woodbury, New Hampshire politician Seat: Thompsonville (1853–1856); Sioux City (1856–) Land area: 873 square miles Population (2020): 105,941 Population (historic): 1,119 (1860); 14,996 (1880); 54,610 (1900); 101,669 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1890; 1900–1960; 1990s; 2010s Subdivisions: 16 cities; one CDP; 24 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 13,365 (31.6%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 49.5% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.9% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.3% Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,062 Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,317 Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.2 rooms Number of farms (1920): 2,969 Average farm size (1920): 155.1 acres Sources of settlement: Illinois, Germany, Wisconsin, New York, Ohio, Sweden, and Norway ________________...