Mississippi County, Missouri
Founding: 1845 (declared in 1842) Parent county: Scott Namesake: The Mississippi River Seat: Charleston (1845–) Land area: 412 square miles Population ( 2020 ): 12,577 Population (historic): 3,123 (1850); 4,982 (1870); 10,134 (1890); 14,557 (1910); 15,762 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1910; 1920–1940; 2000s Subdivisions: Five cities; two villages; seven townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 653 (11.4%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 13.5% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 1.9% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 35.2% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 36.1% Average farmhouse value (1930): $562 Average outbuilding value (1930): $411 Number of farms (1920): 1,184 Average farm size (1920): 132 acres Sources of settlement: Kentucky, Tennessee, and Illinois ______________________________________________________________________...