Howell County, Missouri
Founding: 1857 Parent county: Oregon Namesake: Josiah Howell, early resident Seat: West Plains (1858–) Land area: 927 square miles Population (2020): 39,750 Population (historic): 3,169 (1860); 8,814 (1880); 21,834 (1900); 19,672 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900; 1910s; 1930–1950; 1960–2010 Subdivisions: Four cities; two CDPs; 12 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,464 (8%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 32.1% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 2.8% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 26.2% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 12% Average farmhouse value (1930): $598 Average outbuilding value (1930): $378 Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.1 rooms Number of farms (1920): 3,076 Average farm size (1920): 63.2 acres Sources of settlement: Tennessee, Illinois, Kentucky, and Arkansas ________________________________________________________...