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

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.

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