Dent County, Missouri
Founding: 1851 Parent counties: Crawford and Shannon Namesake: Lewis Dent, early resident Seat: Salem (1851–) Land area: 753 square miles Population (2020): 14,421 Population (historic): 5,654 (1860); 10,646 (1880); 12,986 (1900); 10,974 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1910; 1930s; 1960–1980; 1990–2010 Subdivisions: One city; 13 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 843 (11.5%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 27.5% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 2% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.4% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.7% Average farmhouse value (1930): $543 Average outbuilding value (1930): $468 Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.3 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,859 Average farm size (1920): 69.9 acres Sources of settlement: Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Illinois ____________________________________________________________...