Ray County, Missouri

 

Founding: 1821
Parent county: Howard

Namesake: John Ray, Missouri politician
Seat: Bluffton (1820–1828); Richmond (1828–)

Land area: 569 square miles

Population (2020): 23,158

Population (historic): 2,657 (1830); 10,373 (1850); 18,700 (1870); 24,805 (1900); 19,846 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1900; 1950–2010

Subdivisions: Eight cities; three villages; one CDP; eight townships

National Register listings: Six

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,319 (13.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 31.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 6.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,251
Average outbuilding value (1930): $844
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,541
Average farm size (1920): 104 acres
Sources of settlement: Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee
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Richmond

Namesake: Richmond, Virginia

Founding: 1827 (platting); 1828 (post office)

Population (2020): 6,013

Population (historic): 615 (1860); 1,424 (1880); 3,478 (1900); 4,129 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1920; 1930–2000; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 334 (11.8%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *John Switzer House (c. 1875/1900). 230th Road, east of Rattlesnake Road. Grape Grove. Queen Anne. Razed.
2. *Silas Robinson Farm (c. 1870). 17839 Road A. Grape Grove. Italianate. Razed.
3. *Lorenzo Magill House (1844). 39719 Road HH. Knoxville. Greek Revival.
4. *John Crowley Farm (c. 1870). 18102 Nike Base Road. Polk. Italianate. Razed.
5. *Easthill / Thomas Allen House (1835–1836). 9495 Fairway Road. Richmond.
6. *Thomas Baber House (1851–1854). 10088 Swofford Road. Richmond.