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

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); 1841 (incorporation); 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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