Warren County, Missouri

Founding: 1833
Parent county: Montgomery

Namesake: Joseph Warren, Boston revolutionary leader
Seat: Warrenton (1835–)

Land area: 429 square miles

Population (2020): 35,532

Population (historic): 4,253 (1840); 8,839 (1860); 10,806 (1880); 9,919 (1900); 8,082 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1880; 1890s; 1950–2020

Subdivisions: Five cities; three villages; seven townships

National Register listings: 10

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 864 (5.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 38.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 6.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,418
Average outbuilding value (1930): $992

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,425
Average farm size (1920): 88.9 acres
Sources of settlement: Germany, Virginia, and Kentucky

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Warrenton

Namesake: Joseph Warren, Boston revolutionary leader

Founding: 1835 (platting); 1836 (post office)

Population (2020): 8,429

Population (historic): 480 (1860); 299 (1880); 770 (1900); 1,250 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1870; 1880–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 146 (4.4%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Farm (c. 1875). 19520 Mill Road. Charrette. Gothic Revival.
2. St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church (1874–1875). 13497 State Route 94. Charrette. Gothic Revival.
3. *Ludwig Starke House (c. 1863). State Route 94, west of Charrette Creek. Charrette. Greek Revival.
4. *Flanders Callaway Log House (c. 1812). State Route 94, southeast of Marthasville. Charrette. Razed.