The Great American Survey: A Slapdash Database of Historic Buildings

Founding:  1858 (declared in 1851) Parent county:  Unorganized territory Namesake:  William Worth, U.S. army officer Seat:  Northwood (1857–) Land area:  400 square miles Population (2020):  7,443 Population (historic):  756 (1860); 7,953 (1880); 10,887 (1900); 11,164 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1860–1900; 1910s; 1930s; 1970s Subdivisions:  Seven cities; one CDP; 12 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  1,516 (43.1%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  56.4% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  1.6% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  4.1% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $2,128 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $2,772 Average farmhouse size (1940):  6.5 rooms Number of farms (1920):  1,461 Average farm size (1920):  137.7 acres Sources of settlement:  Norway, Iowa, Wisconsin, and New York _____________________________________________________________...

Founding:  1861 Parent county:  Unorganized territory Namesake:  William Worth, U.S. army officer Seat:  Grant City (1864–) Land area:  267 square miles Population (2020):  1,973 Population (historic):  5,004 (1870); 9,832 (1900); 6,535 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1870–1900 Subdivisions:  Three cities; three villages; six townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  451 (35.4%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  30% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  21.7% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  13.2% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $1,235 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $893 Average farmhouse size (1940):  5.7 rooms Number of farms (1920):  1,215 Average farm size (1920):  118.7 acres Sources of settlement:  Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky ___________________________________________________________________________________ Grant City Namesake: ...