Miller County, Missouri

 

Founding: 1837
Parent counties: Cole, Pulaski, and unorganized territory

Namesake: John Miller, Missouri governor
Seat: Tuscumbia (1837–)

Land area: 593 square miles

Population (2020): 24,722

Population (historic): 2,282 (1840); 6,812 (1860); 9,805 (1880); 15,187 (1900); 16,728 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1860; 1870–1910; 1920s; 1950–2010

Subdivisions: Four cities; four villages; seven townships

National Register listings: Eight

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,243 (9.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 29.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 1.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $780
Average outbuilding value (1930): $541
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,194
Average farm size (1920): 74.9 acres
Sources of settlement: Missouri, Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, Virginia, Tennessee, Indiana, and Germany
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Tuscumbia

Namesake: Perhaps Tuscumbia, Alabama

Founding: 1837 (founding); 1837 (post office)

Population (2020): 188

Population (historic): 77 (1860); 157 (1880); 225 (1900); 282 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1890; 1900s; 1920s; 1960s; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 19 (35.2%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Barnabas Reed House (c. 1875). Road C and Road JJ-4. Glaze. Razed.
2. *Charles Myers House (1869). 165 Brushy Fork Road. Richwoods.