Webster County, Missouri

Founding: 1855
Parent county: Greene

Namesake: Daniel Webster, New Hampshire politician
Seat: Marshfield (1856–)

Land area: 593 square miles

Population (2020): 39,085

Population (historic): 7,099 (1860); 12,175 (1880); 16,640 (1900); 16,148 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1910; 1930s; 1960–2020

Subdivisions: Six cities; one village; 16 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,320 (8.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 33.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 1.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 18.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.3%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $785
Average outbuilding value (1930): $596
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,697
Average farm size (1920): 74.8 acres
Sources of settlement: Missouri, Tennessee, Illinois, and Kentucky
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Marshfield

Namesake: Marshfield, Massachusetts

Founding: 1855 (platting); 1856 (post office); 1856 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 7,458

Population (historic): 408 (1860); 655 (1880); 964 (1900); 1,378 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1855–1870; 1880s; 1900–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 204 (7.1%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Thomas Love Farm (1868). 1554 Road V. Hazelwood. Italianate.

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