Andrew County, Missouri
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...