Dade County, Missouri

Founding: 1841
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Francis Dade, Virginia soldier
Seat: Greenfield (1841–)

Land area: 490 square miles

Population (2020): 7,569

Population (historic): 4,246 (1850); 8,086 (1870); 17,528 (1890); 15,613 (1910); 11,764 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1900; 1970–2000

Subdivisions: Three cities; three villages; 16 townships

National Register listings: Three

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 952 (24.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 33.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 2.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 15.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $809
Average outbuilding value (1930): $650
Number of farms (1920): 2,294
Average farm size (1920): 102 acres
Sources of settlement: Tennessee, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio
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Greenfield

Namesake: A traditional name

Founding: 1841 (platting); 1842 (post office)

Population (2020): 1,220

Population (historic): 228 (1860); 712 (1880); 1,406 (1900); 1,304 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1920; 1930s; 1970–1990; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 244 (33.2%)
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