Worth County, Missouri

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

National Register listings: One

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

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Grant City

Namesake: Ulysses Grant, U.S. president

Founding: 1864 (platting); 1864 (post office)

Population (2020): 817

Population (historic): 493 (1880); 1,406 (1900); 1,125 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1900; 1910s; 1930s; 1960s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 191 (37.1%)

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