Average Farm Size in Iowa Map, 1933

    Political map of Iowa showing all 99 counties divided up into districts. Each region is numbered and shaded according to the average farm size, measured in acres, from 1928-1932.
    Courtesy of University of Iowa Library and Archives, "Average farm size: average size of farms by district, 1932," Iowa State Planning Board, 1933

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    In 1933, the State Planning Board of Iowa, a special committee that only existed from 1934 to 1939 to study long-term land use plans for the state, published this map showing the average farm size measured in number of acres. They also showed if the land was used for cash grain cops and/or livestock.

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    "Average farm size: average size of farms by district, 1932," Iowa State Planning Board, 1933. Courtesy of University of Iowa Library and Archives

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