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

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); 1839 (incorporation); 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.

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