New Madrid County, Missouri
Founding: 1812 Parent county: Unorganized territory Namesake: The city of New Madrid Seat: New Madrid (1812–) Land area: 675 square miles Population (2020): 16,434 Population (historic): 2,296 (1820); 5,541 (1850); 6,357 (1870); 11,280 (1900); 30,262 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1940 Subdivisions: 13 cities; one village; 11 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 596 (6.9%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 8.8% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 2.8% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 45.3% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 32.5% Average farmhouse value (1930): $378 Average outbuilding value (1930): $263 Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.5 rooms Number of farms (1920): 2,052 Average farm size (1920): 95.2 acres Sources of settlement: Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Illinois _____________________________________________...