Cole County, Missouri

Founding: 1821
Parent county: Cooper

Namesake: Stephen Cole, Missouri settler
Seat: Jefferson City (1821–)

Land area: 394 square miles

Population (2020): 77,279

Population (historic): 3,023 (1830); 9,697 (1860); 15,515 (1880); 20,578 (1900); 30,848 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1840; 1850–2020

Subdivisions: Six cities; two villages; six townships

National Register listings: 53

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,390 (10.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 41.2%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 11.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,389
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,145

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,621
Average farm size (1920): 86.9 acres
Sources of settlement: Germany, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio

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Jefferson City

Namesake: Thomas Jefferson, U.S. president

Founding: 1821 (platting); 1823 (post office); 1825 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 43,228

Population (historic): 3,082 (1860); 5,271 (1880); 9,664 (1900); 21,596 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,560 (13.6%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Joseph Wallendorf Log House (c. 1830). 701 Country Club Drive. Jefferson.
2. *Gerhard Dulle Farm (1902). 1101 State Route 54. Jefferson.
3. *Frederick Raithel Farm (c. 1890). 7119 State Route 179. Marion. Italianate.
4. *Lewis Bolton Farm (c. 1833). 9515 Road W. Osage. Greek Revival.
5. *Lansdown–Higgins Log House (c. 1830/1854). 5450 Tanner Bridge Road. Osage. Greek Revival. Razed.