Vernon County, Missouri

 

Founding: 1855
Parent county: Bates

Namesake: Miles Vernon, Missouri politician
Seat: Nevada (1855–)

Land area: 826 square miles

Population (2020): 19,707

Population (historic): 4,850 (1860); 19,369 (1880); 31,619 (1900); 25,031 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900; 1930s; 1970s; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: Four cities; seven villages; 20 townships

National Register listings: Eight

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,990 (20.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 28.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 1.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $956
Average outbuilding value (1930): $726
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,267
Average farm size (1920): 121.7 acres
Sources of settlement: Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee
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Nevada

Namesake: Nevada City, California

Founding: 1855 (platting as Fairview); 1856 (post office); 1869 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 8,212

Population (historic): 1,913 (1880); 7,461 (1900); 7,448 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1900; 1920–1940; 1950–1970; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 984 (23.2%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Prairie View Farm / Charles Falor Farm (1893–1894). 2172 Road WW. Metz. Italianate/Eastlake.