Scott County, Missouri

Founding: 1822
Parent county: New Madrid

Namesake: John Scott, Missouri politician
Seat: Commerce (1864–1878); Benton (1822–1864, 1878–)

Land area: 420 square miles

Population (2020): 38,059

Population (historic): 2,136 (1830); 3,183 (1850); 7,317 (1870); 13,092 (1900); 24,913 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1840; 1850–1950; 1960–1980; 1990s

Subdivisions: Seven cities; seven villages; nine townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,633 (9.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 26.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 22.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $876
Average outbuilding value (1930): $773
Number of farms (1920): 1,432
Average farm size (1920): 122 acres
Sources of settlement: Kentucky, Tennessee, Illinois, and Germany
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Benton

Namesake: Thomas Benton, Missouri politician

Founding: 1822 (platting); 1823 (post office); 1953 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 866

Population (historic): 109 (1880); 234 (1900); 345 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1910; 1920–1980; 1990–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 37 (10.5%)
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