Madison County, Missouri

Founding: 1819
Parent counties: Cape Girardeau and Ste. Genevieve

Namesake: James Madison, U.S. president
Seat: Fredericktown (1818–)

Land area: 494 square miles

Population (2020): 12,626

Population (historic): 2,047 (1820); 6,003 (1850); 5,849 (1870); 9,975 (1900); 9,418 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1850; 1860–1910; 1930–1950; 1970–2020

Subdivisions: One city; one town; two villages; two CDPs; 10 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 675 (11.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 27.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 2.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 23.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 14%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $667
Average outbuilding value (1930): $495

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,046
Average farm size (1920): 62.6 acres

Sources of settlement: Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, Illinois, and Kentucky

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Fredericktown

Namesake: George Frederick Bollinger, early Missouri settler

Founding: 1818 (platting); 1827 (post office); 1827 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 4,429

Population (historic): 917 (1890); 2,632 (1910); 2,954 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1920; 1930–1950; 1960–1980; 2000–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 321 (15.7%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. House (c. 1835). 301 Village Creek Road. St. Michael.

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