Saline County, Missouri

Founding: 1821
Parent county: Cooper

Namesake: Salt springs within the county
Seat: Jefferson (1820–1831); Jonesboro (1831–1839); Arrow Rock (1839–1840); Marshall (1840–)

Land area: 756 square miles

Population (2020): 23,333

Population (historic): 2,873 (1830); 8,843 (1850); 21,672 (1870); 33,703 (1900); 30,598 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1890; 1920s; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: Seven cities; three villages; 11 townships

National Register listings: 32

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,288 (22.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 30.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 9.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,815
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,275

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,024
Average farm size (1920): 121.9 acres
Sources of settlement: Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, and Germany

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Marshall

Namesake: John Marshall, Supreme Court chief justice

Founding: 1839 (platting); 1840 (post office)

Population (2020): 13,806

Population (historic): 2,701 (1880); 5,086 (1900); 8,103 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1900; 1910–1980; 2000–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 896 (17.4%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. *David Dennis House (c. 1880). 33164 184th Road. Arrow Rock. Italianate.
2. *John Hardeman Farm (c. 1850). 20373 Road AA. Arrow Rock. Greek Revival.
3. *Sanders Townsend House (c. 1845). 36963 Road TT. Arrow Rock. Greek Revival.
4. *Prairie Park / William Sappington Farm (1843–1844). 37528 Road TT. Arrow Rock. Greek Revival.
5. *John Thompson House (1858). 39038 State Route 41. Arrow Rock. Greek Revival/Italianate. Razed.
6. *Daniel Urich House (c. 1855). 39045 State Route 41. Arrow Rock. Greek Revival.
7. *Charles Clark Farm (c. 1870). Kentucky Road, north of 105th Road. Blackwater. Gothic Revival. Razed.
8. *John Field House (c. 1895). 31242 320th Road. Cambridge. Queen Anne. Razed.
9. *Reuben Eubank Farm (c. 1855/1910). Road C, east of Road NN. Cambridge. Italianate/Classical Revival. Razed.
10. *Gustave Kunze Farm (c. 1895). Road N and 290th Road. Grand Pass. Eastlake. Razed.
11. *Notley Thomas House (c. 1857). 10805 US Highway 65. Grand Pass. Greek Revival.
12. *Henry Blosser Farm (1880). 20400 280th Road. Marshall. Second Empire.
13. *Union Baptist Church (1860). Golden Road, south of Salt Fork. Marshall. Greek Revival.
14. *Joseph Field Farm (c 1855). 18755 Magnolia Road. Marshall. Greek Revival.
15. *Oscar Graves House (c. 1900). Road NN, northeast of Lodge Road. Miami. Queen Anne/Classical Revival.
16. *George Murrell Farm (1854). 32261 170th Road. Salt Fork. Greek Revival/Italianate.