Morgan County, Missouri

Founding: 1833
Parent counties: Cooper, Crawford, and unorganized territory

Namesake: Daniel Morgan, Virginia politician and soldier
Seat: Millville (1833–1835), Versailles (1835–)

Land area: 598 square miles

Population (2020): 21,006

Population (historic): 4,407 (1840); 8,202 (1860); 10,132 (1880); 12,175 (1900); 10,968 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1890; 1900s; 1930s; 1960–2000; 2010s

Subdivisions: Four cities; two villages; six townships

National Register listings: Five

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 882 (5.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 33%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 2.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 22.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $943
Average outbuilding value (1930): $776
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,858
Average farm size (1920): 83.2 acres
Sources of settlement: Missouri, Ohio, Virginia, Germany, Kentucky, and Tennessee
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Versailles

Namesake: Versailles, France

Founding: 1835 (platting); 1835 (post office); 1866 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,539

Population (historic): 578 (1880); 1,240 (1900); 1,662 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1980; 1990s; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 224 (18.7%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Jesse Ratcliff Farm (1861–1864). 19340 Hobbs Road. Moreau.
2. House (c. 1840). 339 Morgan County Road. Richland.