Massac County, Illinois
Founding: 1843 Parent counties: Johnson and Pope Namesake: Fort Massac Seat: Metropolis (1843–) Land area: 237 square miles Population (2020): 14,169 Population (historic): 4,092 (1850); 9,581 (1870); 11,313 (1890); 14,200 (1910); 14,081 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1910; 1920–1940; 1950s; 1970s; 1990–2010 Subdivisions: Two cities; one village Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,027 (14.4%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 35.6% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 1.8% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.3% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.3% Average farmhouse value (1930): $750 Average outbuilding value (1930): $646 Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.3 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,192 Average farm size (1920): 79 acres Sources of settlement: Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, and Germany ____________________________________...