Ralls County, Missouri
Founding: 1821 Parent county: Pike Namesake: Daniel Ralls, Missouri politician Seat: New London (1820–) Land area: 470 square miles Population (2020): 10,355 Population (historic): 4,375 (1830); 8,592 (1860); 11,838 (1880); 12,287 (1900); 10,704 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1890; 1900s; 1920s; 1970s; 1990–2020 Subdivisions: Three cities; one village; seven townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 759 (14.6%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 27% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 15.6% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 17.3% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 12% Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,329 Average outbuilding value (1930): $942 Number of farms (1920): 1,633 Average farm size (1920): 119.3 acres Sources of settlement: Kentucky, Illinois, Virginia, and Ohio ____________________________________________________________...