New Madrid County, Missouri

Founding: 1812
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: The city of New Madrid
Seat: New Madrid (1812–)

Land area: 675 square miles

Population (2020): 16,434

Population (historic): 2,296 (1820); 5,541 (1850); 6,357 (1870); 11,280 (1900); 30,262 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1940

Subdivisions: 13 cities; one village; 11 townships

National Register listings: 10

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 596 (6.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 8.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 2.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 45.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 32.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $378
Average outbuilding value (1930): $263

Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,052
Average farm size (1920): 95.2 acres

Sources of settlement: Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Illinois

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New Madrid

Namesake: Madrid, Spain

Founding: circa 1778 (founding); 1805 (post office)

Population (2020): 2,787

Population (historic): 610 (1860); 712 (1880); 1,489 (1900); 2,309 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1960; 1970–1990
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 43 (3%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Amanda Hunter House (c. 1860). 312 Dawson Road. New Madrid. Italianate.