Perry County, Missouri

Founding: 1821
Parent county: Ste. Genevieve

Namesake: Oliver Hazard Perry, U.S. naval commander
Seat: Perryville (1821–)

Land area: 474 square miles

Population (2020): 18,956

Population (historic): 3,349 (1830); 9,128 (1860); 11,895 (1880); 15,134 (1900); 13,707 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1900; 1930s; 1970s; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: Three cities; two villages; one CDPs; eight townships

National Register listings: Nine

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 866 (10%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 36.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 17.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,041
Average outbuilding value (1930): $862

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,955
Average farm size (1920): 83.1 acres
Sources of settlement: Germany and Illinois

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Perryville

Namesake: Oliver Hazard Perry, naval commander

Founding: 1821 (platting); 1823 (post office); 1856 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 8,555

Population (historic): 177 (1850); 501 (1870); 875 (1890); 1,708 (1910); 2,964 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1980; 1990–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 268 (7.3%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Christian Bergt Farm (c. 1840/1890). 296 Saxon Memorial Drive. Brazeau.