Harrison County, Missouri

Founding: 1845 (declared in 1843)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Albert Harrison, Missouri politician
Seat: Bethany (1845–)

Land area: 723 square miles

Population (2020): 8,157

Population (historic): 2,447 (1850); 14,634 (1870); 21,033 (1890); 20,466 (1910); 17,233 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1900; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: Five cities; three villages; 20 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,141 (26%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 28.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 1.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 18.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,309
Average outbuilding value (1930): $934
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,135
Average farm size (1920): 119 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Virginia, and Pennsylvania
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Bethany

Namesake: The biblical town of Bethany (now Al-Eizariya, West Bank)

Founding: 1845 (platting as Dallas); 1850 (post office); 1860 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,915

Population (historic): 994 (1880); 2,093 (1900); 2,209 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1900; 1910–1980; 1990–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 299 (18%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Daniel Poland House (c. 1885). Road 315 East, south of Road O. Clay. Italianate. Razed.
2. Thomas Grant House (c. 1855). Road 280 East, south of Road 220 East. Marion. Greek Revival.
3. Thousand Acres / Benjamin Slatten House (c. 1865). US Highway 136, east of State Route 146. Sherman. Italianate. Razed.

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