Emmet County, Iowa
Founding: 1859 (declared in 1851) Parent county: Unorganized territory Namesake: Robert Emmet, Irish nationalist Seat: Estherville (1859–) Land area: 401 square miles Population (2020): 9,388 Population (historic): 1,392 (1870); 4,274 (1890); 9,816 (1910); 12,856 (1930) Periods of population growth: 1860–1900; 1910–1960 Subdivisions: Six cities; 12 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,703 (35.5%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 59.9% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.3% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,902 Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,611 Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.3 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,193 Average farm size (1920): 168.2 acres Sources of settlement: Iowa, Norway, Illinois, Denmark, Germany, and Wisconsin _________________________________________________________________________________ Esthe...