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Andrew County, Missouri

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  Founding:  1841 Parent county:  Unorganized territory Namesake:  Andrew Davis, St. Louis lawyer Seat:  Savannah (1841–) Land area:  433 square miles Population (2020):  18,135 Population (historic):  9,433 (1850); 15,137 (1870); 16,000 (1890); 15,282 (1910); 13,469 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1850–1880; 1890s; 1960–2020 Subdivisions:  Five cities; three villages; ten townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  1,339 (18.3%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  37.3% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  5.1% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  8% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  8.1% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $1,591 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $1,322 Average farmhouse size (1940):  5.5 rooms Number of farms (1920):  2,334 Average farm size (1920):  92.4 acres Sources of settlement:  Missouri, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Virgini...