Wright County, Missouri

 

Founding: 1841
Parent county: Pulaski

Namesake: Silas Wright, New York politician
Seat: Hartville (1841–)

Land area: 682 square miles

Population (2020): 18,188

Population (historic): 3,387 (1850); 5,684 (1870); 14,484 (1890); 18,315 (1910); 16,741 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1910; 1930s; 1970–2010

Subdivisions: Four cities; ten townships

National Register listings: Five

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,154 (13.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 28.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 3.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 16%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 15.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $549
Average outbuilding value (1930): $381
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,660
Average farm size (1920): 71.7 acres
Sources of settlement: Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, and Indiana
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Hartville

Namesake: Isaac Hart, early resident

Founding: 1841 (platting); 1842 (post office); 1851 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 594

Population (historic): 248 (1880); 445 (1900); 453 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1920; 1940s; 1960–1980; 1990–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 94 (29.9%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Erben Steele House (1893). 5314 Steele Bluff Road. Hart. Second Empire.
2. *Fruit Experiment Station Headquarters (1900). 2400 State Route 95. Wood. Tudor Revival.