Howard County, Missouri

Founding: 1816
Parent counties: St. Charles and St. Louis

Namesake: Benjamin Howard, Missouri governor
Seat: Franklin (1816–1823); Fayette (1823–)

Land area: 464 square miles

Population (2020): 10,151

Population (historic): 13,426 (1820); 13,969 (1850); 17,233 (1870); 18,337 (1900); 13,490 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820; 1830–1880; 1890s; 1990s; 2010s

Subdivisions: Five cities; eight townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,124 (24.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 33.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 13.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,667
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,157

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,698
Average farm size (1920): 119.3 acres
Sources of settlement: Kentucky and Virginia

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Fayette

Namesake: The Marquis de Lafayette, Continental Army general

Founding: 1823 (platting); 1824 (post office); 1887 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,803

Population (historic): 647 (1860); 1,247 (1880); 2,717 (1900); 2,630 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900; 1920s; 1940–1970; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 373 (30.2%)

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