Dade County, Missouri
Founding: 1841 Parent county: Unorganized territory Namesake: Francis Dade, Virginia soldier Seat: Greenfield (1841–) Land area: 490 square miles Population ( 2020 ): 7,569 Population (historic): 4,246 (1850); 8,086 (1870); 17,528 (1890); 15,613 (1910); 11,764 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1900; 1970–2000 Subdivisions: Three cities; three villages; 16 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 952 (24.1%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 33.1% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 2.8% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 15.9% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.4% Average farmhouse value (1930): $809 Average outbuilding value (1930): $650 Number of farms (1920): 2,294 Average farm size (1920): 102 acres Sources of settlement: Tennessee, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio __________________________________________________________...