Dallas County, Missouri

 

Founding: 1841
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: George Dallas, U.S. vice president
Seat: Buffalo (1844–)

Land area: 541 square miles

Population (2020): 17,071

Population (historic): 3,648 (1850); 8,383 (1870); 12,647 (1890); 13,181 (1910); 10,541 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1900; 1930s; 1960–2020

Subdivisions: Two cities; one village; one CDP; 11 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 695 (9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 28.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 2.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $552
Average outbuilding value (1930): $403
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,177
Average farm size (1920): 74.7 acres
Sources of settlement: Missouri, Tennessee, Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky
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Buffalo

Namesake: Buffalo, New York

Founding: 1841 (platting); 1846 (post office); 1854 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 3,290

Population (historic): 278 (1870); 861 (1890); 820 (1910); 835 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1890; 1900–1920; 1930–2010

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 100 (6.8%)
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