Stoddard County, Missouri

 

Founding: 1835 (declared in 1829)
Parent county: Cape Girardeau

Namesake: Amos Stoddard, U.S. army officer
Seat: Bloomfield (1835–)

Land area: 823 square miles

Population (2020): 28,672

Population (historic): 3,153 (1840); 7,877 (1860); 13,431 (1880); 24,669 (1900); 27,452 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1920; 1930–1950; 1970s; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: Eight cities; two villages; one CDP; seven townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,015 (7.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 18.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 0.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 24.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 22.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $592
Average outbuilding value (1930): $449
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,685
Average farm size (1920): 72.6 acres
Sources of settlement: Missouri, Tennessee, Illinois, and Kentucky
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Bloomfield

Namesake: A traditional name

Founding: 1835 (platting); 1835 (incorporation); 1836 (post office)

Population (2020): 1,755

Population (historic): 379 (1870); 1,475 (1900); 1,023 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1900; 1930–1950; 1960–2000
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 130 (13.3%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Henry Miller House (c. 1843). 106 Cape Road. Castor.

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