Pike County, Missouri

Founding: 1819
Parent county: St. Charles

Namesake: Zebulon Pike, American explorer
Seat: Louisiana (1818–1824); Bowling Green (1824–)

Land area: 670 square miles

Population (2020): 17,587

Population (historic): 3,747 (1820); 13,609 (1850); 23,076 (1870); 25,744 (1900); 18,001 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1880; 1930s; 1960–1980; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: Five cities; five villages; two CDPs; 10 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,846 (23.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 29%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 13%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,328
Average outbuilding value (1930): $899

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,681
Average farm size (1920): 109.7 acres
Sources of settlement: Virginia, Kentucky, Illinois, and Ohio

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Bowling Green

Namesake: Bowling Green, Kentucky

Founding: 1819 (platting); 1823 (incorporation); 1824 (post office)

Population (2020): 4,195

Population (historic): 319 (1850); 599 (1870); 1,564 (1890); 1,585 (1910); 1,855 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1900; 1910s; 1930–1980; 1990–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 250 (17.6%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Rawleigh Mayes House (c. 1840). South 4th Street, across from Carroll Drive. Calumet. Greek Revival.
2. James Gillum Farm (c. 1850). 16561 Road 220. Calumet. Greek Revival.
3. Russell Guy Farm (c. 1865). 30356 Road 221. Calumet.
4. McIlroy Farm (c. 1860). 25795 Road 244. Calumet.
5. Stark Farm (c. 1870). 14944 Road D. Calumet. Italianate.
6. Fannie Wells House (c. 1875). 17000 Road W. Calumet. Italianate.
7. Peter Vaughan Farm (c. 1830). 21388 Road W. Calumet.
8. Norton Farm (c. 1870). 23954 State Route 262. Calumet. Italianate.
9. Edward Crow Farm (c. 1835). 13064 Road 403. Cuivre.
10. John Gordon House (c. 1865). 13112 Road B. Peno. Italianate.
11. Charles Scanland House (c. 1850). Road ZZ, southeast of the Salt River. Peno.
12. James Douglas House (c. 1865). 10425 State Route 58. Peno. Italianate.
13. St. John's Episcopal Church (c. 1856). 25268 Road H. Prairieville. Gothic Revival.
14. William Meriwether Farm (c. 1870). 26409 Road WW. Prairieville. Italianate.
15. James Griffith Farm (c. 1870). 27018 Road WW. Prairieville. Italianate.
16. Archibald Matson Farm (c. 1830). 11306 Salt River Road. Salt River. Federal.

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