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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Outstanding Buildings

1. Henry Heesemann Farm (1882). 2443 Hesemann Lane. Boeuf.
2. Frederick Wehmhoener House (c. 1860). 2670 State Route 19. Boeuf.
3. Wehmhoener Cabinet Works (c. 1860). 2670 State Route 19. Boeuf.
4. Drake Store (c. 1880). 2689 State Route 19. Boeuf.
5. August Brinkmann Farm (c. 1874/1889). 2664 Brinkman Road. Boulware.
6. Frederick Pillemeyer House (c. 1860). 2866 Brinkman Road. Boulware. Razed.
7. Henry Langenberg Farm (c. 1880). Road A, southwest of Mount Sterling. Boulware. Razed.
8. Henry Ruskaup Farm (c. 1845/1860/1880). 1698 Ruskaup Road. Boulware.
9. Henry Langenberg Farm (1876). 1706 US Highway 50. Boulware.
10. Robert Shobe House (1828–1830/1840s). 255 Shobe Avenue. Richland.
11. Christoph Oetterer House (c. 1860). Weeks Road, south of First Creek. Richland. Razed.
12. St. Joseph Catholic Church (1907). 2142 Catholic Church Road. Roark. Gothic Revival.
13. Franz Langendoerfer Farm (c. 1850/1865). 2052 Frene Creek Road. Roark.
14. William Poeschel Farm (c. 1869). 1954 Sand Plant Road. Roark.
15. Adam Vallet House (c. 1855/1865). 179 State Route 100. Roark.
16. Charles Buschmeyer Farm (1889). 1619 State Route 100. Roark.
17. Henry Gaertner House (1841/1860s). 1963 State Route 100. Roark.
18. Strassner Farm (1854/1876). 2004 State Route 100. Roark.
19. John Mueller House (1854). 2065 State Route 100. Roark.
20. Carl Teubner Farm (c. 1850). 2202 State Route 100. Roark. Greek Revival.
21. Christian Oelschlaeger Farm (c. 1870/1914). 2377 State Route 100. Roark.
22. Bernard Kothoff Farm (c. 1855). 1634 Weeks Road. Roark.
23. St. John's Evangelical Church (1879/1897). 1397 Brick Church Road. Third Creek. Gothic Revival.
24. Frederick Landwehr Farm (c. 1860). Kohrman Road, east of Road P. Third Creek.

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