Holt County, Missouri
Founding: 1841 Parent county: Unorganized territory Namesake: David Holt, Missouri politician Seat: Oregon (1841–) Land area: 463 square miles Population (2020): 4,223 Population (historic): 3,957 (1850); 11,652 (1870); 17,083 (1900); 12,720 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1880; 1890s; 1970s Subdivisions: Five cities; four villages; 12 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 891 (31.9%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 28% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 8.5% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.7% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,525 Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,372 Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.4 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,814 Average farm size (1920): 125.1 acres Sources of settlement: Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Virginia, Germany, and Pennsylvania ________________...