Stoddard County, Missouri
Founding: 1835 (declared in 1829) Parent county: Cape Girardeau Namesake: Amos Stoddard, U.S. army officer Seat: Bloomfield (1835–) Land area: 823 square miles Population (2020): 28,672 Population (historic): 3,153 (1840); 7,877 (1860); 13,431 (1880); 24,669 (1900); 27,452 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1920; 1930–1950; 1970s; 1990–2010 Subdivisions: Eight cities; two villages; one CDP; seven townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,015 (7.4%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 18.2% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 0.9% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 24.9% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 22.2% Average farmhouse value (1930): $592 Average outbuilding value (1930): $449 Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.9 rooms Number of farms (1920): 3,685 Average farm size (1920): 72.6 acres Sources of settlement: Missouri, Tennessee, Illinois, and ...