Gentry County, Missouri

Founding: 1845 (declared in 1841)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Richard Gentry, Missouri politician
Seat: Albany (1845–)

Land area: 491 square miles

Population (2020): 6,162

Population (historic): 4,248 (1850); 11,607 (1870); 19,018 (1890); 16,820 (1910); 14,348 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1860; 1870–1900; 1990s

Subdivisions: Four cities; two villages; eight townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 959 (29.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 30.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 2.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,285
Average outbuilding value (1930): $952

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,269
Average farm size (1920): 112.9 acres
Sources of settlement: Kentucky, Ohio, and Illinois

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Albany

Namesake: Albany, New York

Founding: 1845 (platting as Athens); 1845 (incorporation); 1857 (post office)

Population (2020): 1,679

Population (historic): 476 (1860); 979 (1880); 2,025 (1900); 1,858 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900; 1910s; 1930s; 1960–1980
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 272 (28.5%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Wade Coulter House (c. 1900). US Highway 136B, west of Warrior Drive. Athens. Shingle. Razed.
2. Richard Nicholson Farm (c. 1895). 2852 Road N. Bogle. Queen Anne.

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