Moniteau County, Missouri

Founding: 1845
Parent counties: Cole and Morgan

Namesake: Moniteau Creek
Seat: California (1845–)

Land area: 415 square miles

Population (2020): 15,473

Population (historic): 6,004 (1850); 11,375 (1870); 15,630 (1890); 14,375 (1910); 12,173 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1900; 1960–2010

Subdivisions: Four cities; one village; seven townships

National Register listings: 11

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,279 (20.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 36.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 4.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,237
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,021

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,932
Average farm size (1920): 99.4 acres
Sources of settlement: Germany, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia

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California

Namesake: The state of California

Founding: 1834 (platting as Boonesborough); 1840 (post office); 1848 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 4,498

Population (historic): 1,427 (1880); 2,181 (1900); 2,384 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1900; 1910–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 510 (25.8%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Louis Bruce Farm (c. 1872). 41558 Road V. Burris Fork.
2. *George Ratcliff House (c. 1855). 39879 Campbell Road. Harrison. Razed.
3. *James Moore House (c. 1825). Brick House Road, east of State Route 87. Linn. Razed.
4. *House (c. 1850). Barnhill Road, northeast of Strawberry Road. Pilot Grove. Razed.