Cole County, Missouri
Founding: 1821 Parent county: Cooper Namesake: Stephen Cole, Missouri settler Seat: Jefferson City (1821–) Land area: 394 square miles Population (2020): 77,279 Population (historic): 3,023 (1830); 9,697 (1860); 15,515 (1880); 20,578 (1900); 30,848 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1840; 1850–2020 Subdivisions: Six cities; two villages; six townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,390 (10.3%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 41.2% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 11.5% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.2% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,389 Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,145 Average farmhouse size (1940): 5 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,621 Average farm size (1920): 86.9 acres Sources of settlement: Germany, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio __________________________________...