Caldwell County, Missouri

Founding: 1836
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: John Caldwell, Kentucky politician
Seat: Far West (1836–1843); Kingston (1843–)

Land area: 426 square miles

Population (2020): 8,815

Population (historic): 1,458 (1840); 5,034 (1860); 13,646 (1880); 16,656 (1900); 12,509 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1900; 1970s; 1990–2010

Subdivisions: Seven cities; 12 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,156 (24.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 35.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 2.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,515
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,238
Number of farms (1920): 1,963
Average farm size (1920): 122.9 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Illinois, Kentucky, New York, and Indiana
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Kingston

Namesake: Austin King, Missouri governor

Founding: 1843 (platting); 1843 (post office)

Population (2020): 290

Population (historic): 414 (1870); 465 (1890); 535 (1910); 395 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1880; 1890s; 1920s; 1990–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 44 (33.3%)
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