Pemiscot County, Missouri

Founding: 1851
Parent county: New Madrid

Namesake: Pemiscot Bayou
Seat: Gayoso (1851–1899); Caruthersville (1899–)

Land area: 493 square miles

Population (2020): 15,661

Population (historic): 2,962 (1860); 4,299 (1880); 12,115 (1900); 37,284 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860; 1870–1940

Subdivisions: Nine cities; one village; one CDP

National Register listings: Eight

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 719 (8.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 7.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 40.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 30.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $332
Average outbuilding value (1930): $177
Number of farms (1920): 2,533
Average farm size (1920): 46.7 acres
Sources of settlement: Missouri, Tennessee, and Kentucky
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Caruthersville

Namesake: Samuel Caruthers, Missouri politician

Founding: 1856 (post office); 1857 (platting); 1874 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 5,562

Population (historic): 230 (1890); 2,315 (1900); 3,655 (1910); 4,750 (1920); 4,781 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1960; 1970s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 273 (9.7%)

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