Reynolds County, Missouri

Founding: 1845
Parent counties: Shannon and Wayne

Namesake: Thomas Reynolds, Missouri governor
Seat: Centerville (1845–)

Land area: 808 square miles

Population (2020): 6,096

Population (historic): 1,849 (1850); 3,756 (1870); 6,803 (1890); 9,592 (1910); 8,923 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1920; 1930s; 1960–1980; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: Three cities; six townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 331 (8.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 16.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 0.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 24.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 28.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $399
Average outbuilding value (1930): $286

Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,073
Average farm size (1920): 54.5 acres
Sources of settlement: Tennessee, Arkansas, Illinois, and Kentucky

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Centerville

Namesake: The village's location near the county's center

Founding: 1845 (platting as Centreville); 1846 (post office); 1976 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 167

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 24 (26.4%)

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