Newton County, Missouri

Founding: 1838
Parent county: Barry

Namesake: John Newton, South Carolina soldier
Seat: Neosho (1839–)

Land area: 625 square miles

Population (2020): 58,648

Population (historic): 8,790 (1840); 9,319 (1860); 18,947 (1880); 27,001 (1900); 26,959 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1910; 1920–1940; 1950–2020

Subdivisions: Five cities; 15 villages; 14 townships

National Register listings: 12

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,790 (11.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 37.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 1.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $801
Average outbuilding value (1930): $548
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,906
Average farm size (1920): 75 acres
Sources of settlement: Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio
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Neosho

Namesake: Perhaps an Osage word describing a spring

Founding: 1839 (platting); 1839 (post office); 1847 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 12,590

Population (historic): 221 (1850); 875 (1870); 2,198 (1890); 3,661 (1910); 4,485 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1839–1980; 1990–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 883 (18%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Mathew Ritchey House (c. 1840). 520 Mill Street. Newtonia.