Cedar County, Missouri

Founding: 1845
Parent counties: Dade and St. Clair

Namesake: Cedar Creek
Seat: Stockton (1846–)

Land area: 474 square miles

Population (2020): 14,188

Population (historic): 3,361 (1850); 9,474 (1870); 15,620 (1890); 16,080 (1910); 11,136 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1900; 1930s; 1960–2020

Subdivisions: Two cities; two villages; seven townships

National Register listings: Three

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 950 (13.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 27.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 2.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 20.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $619
Average outbuilding value (1930): $470
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,448
Average farm size (1920): 81.7 acres
Sources of settlement: Tennessee, Illinois, and Kentucky
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Stockton

Namesake: Robert Stockton, U.S. navy commodore

Founding: 1846 (platting as Lancaster); 1847 (post office); 1851 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 1,683

Population (historic): 407 (1880); 555 (1900); 647 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1920; 1930–2000
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 128 (13.6%)

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