Osage County, Missouri
Founding: 1841 Parent county: Gasconade Namesake: The Osage River Seat: Linn (1843–) Land area: 604 square miles Population (2020): 13,274 Population (historic): 6,704 (1850); 10,793 (1870); 13,080 (1890); 14,283 (1910); 12,462 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1910; 1960–2010 Subdivisions: Four cities; two villages; six townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 922 (14%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 42.8% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 8.3% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 15% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 10% Average farmhouse value (1930): $908 Average outbuilding value (1930): $788 Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.7 rooms Number of farms (1920): 1,979 Average farm size (1920): 80.7 acres Sources of settlement: Germany and Tennessee _____________________________________________________________________________ ...