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

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.

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