Holt County, Missouri

Founding: 1841
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: David Holt, Missouri politician
Seat: Oregon (1841–)

Land area: 463 square miles

Population (2020): 4,223

Population (historic): 3,957 (1850); 11,652 (1870); 17,083 (1900); 12,720 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1880; 1890s; 1970s

Subdivisions: Five cities; four villages; 12 townships

National Register listings: Five

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 891 (31.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 28%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 8.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,525
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,372

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,814
Average farm size (1920): 125.1 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Virginia, Germany, and Pennsylvania

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Oregon

Namesake: The state of Oregon

Founding: 1841 (platting as Finley); 1843 (post office)

Population (2020): 837

Population (historic): 720 (1860); 862 (1880); 1,032 (1900); 922 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900; 1920–1940; 1950s; 1970–1990
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 168 (36.8%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. *DeWitt Porter House (c. 1885). 17782 US Highway 59. Benton. Italianate. Razed.
2. *George McIntyre House (c. 1895). 29452 US Highway 59. Forbes. Queen Anne.
3. *Patrick Fitzmaurice House (1854). 26337 State Route 111. Forest. Greek Revival.
4. *Henry Roselius House (c. 1875). 13170 State Route 111. Lincoln. Italianate.
5. *Henry Dankers House (1876). State Route 111, south of Corning. Lincoln. Italianate. Razed.
6. *John Haigler Farm (c. 1870). 20048 Road 250. Minton. Gothic Revival.
7. *Henry Minton Farm (c. 1870). 24665 US Highway 159. Minton. Italianate.
8. *Samuel Stuckey Farm (c. 1875). 32696 Road 285. Nodaway. Gothic Revival.
9. *Jesse Carroll Inn (c. 1844/1920). 34422 Road 285. Nodaway. Craftsman. Razed.
10. *John Meyer Farm (c. 1865). 25563 Trinity Road. Nodaway.
11. *Hickison Belt Farm (c. 1855). 29395 US Highway 59. Nodaway. Greek Revival. Razed.