Bollinger County, Missouri

Founding: 1851
Parent counties: Cape Girardeau, Stoddard, and Wayne

Namesake: George Bollinger, local settler
Seat: Marble Hill (1851–)

Land area: 618 square miles

Population (2020): 10,567

Population (historic): 7,371 (1860); 11,130 (1880); 14,650 (1900); 12,269 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900; 1930s; 1970–2010

Subdivisions: One city; three villages; eight townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 737 (12.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 22.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 4.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 32.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 23.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $523
Average outbuilding value (1930): $416
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,226
Average farm size (1920): 69.8 acres
Sources of settlement: Tennessee, Indiana, Kentucky, and Illinois
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Marble Hill

Namesake: Rock formations near the city

Founding: 1851 (platting as Dallas); 1868 (post office); 1869 (platting as Lutesville)

Population (2020): 1,388

Population (historic): 265 (1880); 295 (1900); 421 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880; 1890–2000
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 149 (16.5%)
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