Greene County, Missouri

Founding: 1833
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Nathanael Greene, Continental Army general
Seat: Springfield (1834–)

Land area: 675 square miles

Population (2020): 298,915

Population (historic): 5,372 (1840); 13,186 (1860); 28,801 (1880); 52,713 (1900); 82,929 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–2020

Subdivisions: Eight cities

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 11,746 (8.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 45%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 5.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.8%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,375
Average outbuilding value (1930): $925
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 4,252
Average farm size (1920): 71 acres
Sources of settlement: Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, North Carolina, Illinois, and Ohio
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Springfield

Namesake: A traditional name

Founding: 1834 (platting); 1834 (platting); 1838 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 169,176

Population (historic): 415 (1850); 5,555 (1870); 21,850 (1890); 35,201 (1910); 57,527 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1834–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 8,486 (10.4%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Nathan Boone Log House (1837). 7850 North Road V. Boone.
2. John Frame Farm (c. 1880). 11515 West Road T. Center. Italianate.
3. William Potter House (1888). 11505 North Farm Road 221. Jackson. Italianate.

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