Ozark County, Missouri

Founding: 1841
Parent county: Ripley

Namesake: The Ozark Mountains
Seat: Rockbridge (1841–1860); Gainesville (1860–)

Land area: 745 square miles

Population (2020): 8,553

Population (historic): 2,294 (1850); 3,363 (1870); 9,795 (1890); 11,926 (1910); 9,537 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1900; 1930s; 1970–2010

Subdivisions: One city; two villages; three CDPs; 18 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 498 (8.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 20%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 20.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $392
Average outbuilding value (1930): $276
Number of farms (1920): 2,012
Average farm size (1920): 53.7 acres
Sources of settlement: Tennessee, Arkansas, and Kentucky
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Gainesville

Namesake: Gainesville, Georgia

Founding: 1860 (platting); 1860 (post office); 1873 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 745

Population (historic): 165 (1880); 222 (1900); 235 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1900; 1910s; 1930–1950; 1960–1980; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 29 (7.2%)
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