Atchison County, Missouri

Founding: 1845 (declared in 1843)
Parent county: Holt

Namesake: David Atchison, Missouri politician
Seat: Linden (1846–1856); Rockport (1856–)

Land area: 547 square miles

Population (2020): 5,305

Population (historic): 1,678 (1850); 8,440 (1870); 15,533 (1890); 13,604 (1910); 13,421 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1900; 1920s; 1960s

Subdivisions: Four cities; one village; two CDPs; 11 townships

National Register listings: Nine

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 958 (32.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 33.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 3.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,097
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,022

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,541
Average farm size (1920): 186.8 acres
Sources of settlement: Illinois, Ohio, Iowa, Indiana, Germany, and Tennessee

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Rockport

Namesake: Rock Creek

Founding: 1851 (platting); 1855 (incorporation); 1856 (post office)

Population (2020): 1,278

Population (historic): 305 (1860); 715 (1880); 1,080 (1900); 1,162 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1900; 1910–1950; 1960s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 196 (26.1%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Philip Thompson Farm (1871/1905). 25579 Road U. Templeton. Italianate.