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

National Register listings: Two

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.