Ozark County, Missouri
Founding: 1841 Parent county: Ripley Namesake: The Ozark Mountains Seat: Rockbridge (1841–1860); Gainesville (1860–) Land area: 745 square miles Population (2020): 8,553 Population (historic): 2,294 (1850); 3,363 (1870); 9,795 (1890); 11,926 (1910); 9,537 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1900; 1930s; 1970–2010 Subdivisions: One city; two villages; three CDPs; 18 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 498 (8.8%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 20% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 2% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 20.2% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.1% Average farmhouse value (1930): $392 Average outbuilding value (1930): $276 Number of farms (1920): 2,012 Average farm size (1920): 53.7 acres Sources of settlement: Tennessee, Arkansas, and Kentucky __________________________________________________________________...