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

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.

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