Maries County, Missouri
Founding: 1855 Parent county: Osage Namesake: The Maries River Seat: Vienna (1855–) Land area: 527 square miles Population (2020): 8,432 Population (historic): 4,901 (1860); 7,304 (1880); 9,616 (1900); 8,368 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1910; 1930s; 1970–2010 Subdivisions: Two cities; seven townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 586 (12.7%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 33.9% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 3.9% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 31.5% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.9% Average farmhouse value (1930): $633 Average outbuilding value (1930): $534 Average farmhouse size (1940): 4 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,692 Average farm size (1920): 76.5 acres Sources of settlement: Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, and Germany _________________________________________________________________________________ Vienn...