Callaway County, Missouri

Founding: 1821
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: James Callaway, grandson of Daniel Boone
Seat: Elizabeth (1820–1825); Fulton (1825–)

Land area: 835 square miles

Population (2020): 44,283

Population (historic): 6,159 (1830); 13,827 (1850); 19,202 (1870); 25,984 (1900); 19,923 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1900; 1930–2010

Subdivisions: Five cities; two villages; 18 townships

National Register listings: 20

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,732 (9.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 30.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 10.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 17.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,167
Average outbuilding value (1930): $828

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,284
Average farm size (1920): 104.9 acres
Sources of settlement: Virginia and Kentucky

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Fulton

Namesake: Robert Fulton, inventor of the steamboat

Founding: 1825 (platting); 1825 (post office); 1859 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 12,600

Population (historic): 1,585 (1870); 4,314 (1890); 5,228 (1910); 6,105 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1970; 1990–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 767 (17.4%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. William McCall Farm (c. 1840). Road D, south of Road O. Auxvasse. Greek Revival.
2. Edgewood / Daniel Gill House (1902). Road K, west of Road 191. Auxvasse. Eastlake. Razed.
3. *John Hockaday House (c. 1865). 205 Hockaday Avenue. East Fulton. Italianate.
4. Samuel Grant Farm (1880). Road 161, south of US Highway 40. Nine Mile Prairie. Second Empire. Razed.
5. *Pitcher Store (c. 1888/1897/1905). 8513 Pitcher Road. St. Aubert. Razed.
6. *Thomas Nesbit House (1824). 530 Old Jefferson City Road. West Fulton.