Boone County, Missouri

Founding: 1821
Parent county: Howard

Namesake: Daniel Boone, American frontiersman
Seat: Columbia (1821–)

Land area: 685 square miles

Population (2020): 183,610

Population (historic): 3,692 (1820); 14,979 (1850); 20,765 (1870); 28,642 (1900); 30,995 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1910; 1920–2020

Subdivisions: Six cities; five villages; ten townships

National Register listings: 51

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 4,222 (5.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 34.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 8.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,135
Average outbuilding value (1930): $829

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,325
Average farm size (1920): 98.4 acres
Sources of settlement: Kentucky and Virginia

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Columbia

Namesake: A poetic reference to Christopher Columbus

Founding: 1820 (platting); 1821 (post office); 1826 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 126,254

Population (historic): 600 (1830); 651 (1850); 2,236 (1870); 5,651 (1900); 14,967 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1820–1840; 1850–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,959 (5.8%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Greenwood / Walter Lenoir House (1839). 3005 Mexico Gravel Road. Columbia.
2. *Maplewood / Slater Lenoir House (1877). 2900 Nifong Boulevard. Columbia. Italianate.
3. *David Guitar House (c. 1860). 2815 Oakland Gravel Road. Columbia. Italianate.
4. *Moses Payne Farm (1856–1857). 201 Roby Farm Road. Katy.
5. *William Hunt House (c. 1832/1862). 8939 Terrapin Hills Road. Katy.