County Poor Farm- situated on the West half of south-west quarter of section 31, township 54 range 14 and was purchased in March 1878 from John A. Austin for $2,000.
The poor farm is made of brick and that with outbuildings, afford room for about fifty paupers.

History of Randolph and Macon Counties, Missouri, St. Louis: National Historical Co., 1884, 1236 pgs. [submitted by: Candi Horton ©2007]

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