Christian County, Missouri

Founding: 1859
Parent counties: Greene, Taney, and Webster

Namesake: William Christian, Continental Army colonel
Seat: Ozark (1859–)

Land area: 563 square miles

Population (2020): 88,842

Population (historic): 5,491 (1860); 9,628 (1880); 16,939 (1900); 13,169 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900; 1930s; 1960–2020

Subdivisions: Seven cities; one village; one CDP; 19 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,445 (4.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 37.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 6.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.5%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $803
Average outbuilding value (1930): $613
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,585
Average farm size (1920): 72.2 acres
Sources of settlement: Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Illinois
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Ozark

Namesake: The Ozark Mountains

Founding: 1848 (platting); 1861 (post office); 1890 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 21,284

Population (historic): 235 (1880); 830 (1900); 885 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1900; 1920–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 111 (1.4%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Farm (c. 1880). 297 State Route 265. West Polk. Second Empire.

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