Randolph County, Missouri

 

Founding: 1829
Parent counties: Ralls and unorganized territory

Namesake: John Randolph, Virginia politician
Seat: Huntsville (1831–)

Land area: 482 square miles

Population (2020): 24,716

Population (historic): 2,942 (1830); 9,439 (1850); 15,908 (1870); 24,442 (1900); 26,431 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1890; 1900–1920; 1960–1980; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: Five cities; three villages; 12 townships

National Register listings: Six

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,620 (24.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 34.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 12.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 19.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 10%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,310
Average outbuilding value (1930): $855
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,380
Average farm size (1920): 97.5 acres
Sources of settlement: Missouri, Kentucky, Virginia, Illinois, and Pennsylvania
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Huntsville

Namesake: Daniel Hunt, early resident

Founding: 1831 (platting); 1831 (post office)

Population (2020): 1,376

Population (historic): 1,527 (1880); 1,805 (1900); 1,897 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1890; 1900s; 1950s; 1970s; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 240 (34.2%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Joseph Hammett House (c. 1845). 543 North Main Street. Salt Springs. Greek Revival.
2. *Jefferson Hammett House (c. 1875). 4657 Road C. Salt Springs. Italianate.
3. *Julius Miller House (1876). 516 West Urbandale Drive. South Sugar Creek. Second Empire.