Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri

Founding: 1812
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: The city of Ste. Genevieve
Seat: Ste. Genevieve (1812–)

Land area: 499 square miles

Population (2020): 18,479

Population (historic): 4,962 (1820); 8,029 (1860); 10,390 (1880); 10,359 (1900); 10,097 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1880; 1890–1910; 1920–2020

Subdivisions: Three cities; three CDPs; five townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,228 (14.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 35.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 11.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 22.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 17.1%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $980
Average outbuilding value (1930): $796

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,190
Average farm size (1920): 87.9 acres
Sources of settlement: Germany, Illinois, Tennessee, and France

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Ste. Genevieve

Namesake: Genevieve, Christian saint

Founding: circa 1740 (founding); 1805 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 4,999

Population (historic): 718 (1850); 1,521 (1870); 1,707 (1900); 2,662 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1870; 1880–1980; 1990s; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 581 (28.8%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Sacred Heart Catholic Church (1899). 17742 State Route N. Beauvais. Romanesque.
2. House (c. 1850). 16175 State Route 32. Ste. Genevieve.

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