Andrew County, Missouri

 

Founding: 1841
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Andrew Davis, St. Louis lawyer
Seat: Savannah (1841–)

Land area: 433 square miles

Population (2020): 18,135

Population (historic): 9,433 (1850); 15,137 (1870); 16,000 (1890); 15,282 (1910); 13,469 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1880; 1890s; 1960–2020

Subdivisions: Five cities; three villages; ten townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,339 (18.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 37.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 5.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,591
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,322
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,334
Average farm size (1920): 92.4 acres
Sources of settlement: Missouri, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Virginia
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Savannah

Namesake: Uncertain—likely Savannah, Georgia

Founding: 1841 (platting); 1841 (post office); 1842 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 5,069

Population (historic): 654 (1850); 1,257 (1870); 1,288 (1890); 1,583 (1910); 1,888 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1870; 1880–1900; 1910–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 357 (16.1%)
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