Gasconade County, Missouri

Founding: 1821
Parent county: Franklin

Namesake: The Gasconade River
Seat: Gasconade (1821–1829); Mount Sterling (1829–1843); Hermann (1843–)

Land area: 518 square miles

Population (2020): 14,794

Population (historic): 1,545 (1830); 8,727 (1860); 11,153 (1880); 12,298 (1900); 12,172 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1840; 1850–1910; 1930s; 1970–2000

Subdivisions: Six cities; nine townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,751 (21.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 50.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 12.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 21.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,030
Average outbuilding value (1930): $850

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,768
Average farm size (1920): 73.3 acres
Sources of settlement: Germany, Switzerland, and Tennessee

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Hermann

Namesake: Arminius, German chieftain

Founding: 1837 (platting); 1838 (post office)

Population (2020): 2,185

Population (historic): 943 (1850); 1,335 (1870); 1,575 (1900); 2,063 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1870; 1880–1990
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 346 (27.7%)

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