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

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.

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