Stone County, Missouri

 

Founding: 1851
Parent county: Taney

Namesake: William Stone, early resident
Seat: Galena (1852–)

Land area: 464 square miles

Population (2020): 31,076

Population (historic): 2,400 (1860); 4,404 (1880); 9,892 (1900); 11,614 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1920; 1960–2010

Subdivisions: Six cities; four villages; one CDP

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 907 (4.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 31.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 1.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 28.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 19%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $568
Average outbuilding value (1930): $400
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,741
Average farm size (1920): 64.3 acres
Sources of settlement: Missouri, Arkansas, and Tennessee
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Galena

Namesake: Lead deposits near the city site

Founding: 1852 (platting); 1853 (post office); 1903 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 455

Population (historic): 55 (1860); 85 (1880); 363 (1910); 508 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1850s; 1870–1930; 1960–1980; 1990s; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 70 (24.5%)
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