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

National Register listings: Nine

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.