Bollinger County, Missouri
Founding: 1851 Parent counties: Cape Girardeau, Stoddard, and Wayne Namesake: George Bollinger, local settler Seat: Marble Hill (1851–) Land area: 618 square miles Population (2020): 10,567 Population (historic): 7,371 (1860); 11,130 (1880); 14,650 (1900); 12,269 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900; 1930s; 1970–2010 Subdivisions: One city; three villages; eight townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 737 (12.5%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 22.6% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 4.4% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 32.8% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 23.7% Average farmhouse value (1930): $523 Average outbuilding value (1930): $416 Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.2 rooms Number of farms (1920): 2,226 Average farm size (1920): 69.8 acres Sources of settlement: Tennessee, Indiana, Kentucky, and Illinois _____...