Pemiscot County, Missouri
Founding: 1851 Parent county: New Madrid Namesake: Pemiscot Bayou Seat: Gayoso (1851–1899); Caruthersville (1899–) Land area: 493 square miles Population (2020): 15,661 Population (historic): 2,962 (1860); 4,299 (1880); 12,115 (1900); 37,284 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1860; 1870–1940 Subdivisions: Nine cities; one village; one CDP Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 719 (8.8%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 7.7% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 6% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 40.4% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 30.1% Average farmhouse value (1930): $332 Average outbuilding value (1930): $177 Number of farms (1920): 2,533 Average farm size (1920): 46.7 acres Sources of settlement: Missouri, Tennessee, and Kentucky _________________________________________________________________________________ Caruthersville Na...