Schuyler County, Missouri

Founding: 1845 (declared in 1843)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Philip Schuyler, New York politician
Seat: Lancaster (1845–)

Land area: 307 square miles

Population (2020): 4,032

Population (historic): 3,287 (1850); 8,880 (1870); 11,249 (1890); 9,062 (1910); 6,951 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1890; 1970s; 2000s

Subdivisions: Four cities; one village; seven townships

National Register listings: Two

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 639 (30.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 34.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,205
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,021
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,322
Average farm size (1920): 124 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, and Iowa
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Lancaster

Namesake: Uncertain—perhaps Lancaster, Ohio

Founding: 1845 (platting); 1846 (post office); 1857 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 675

Population (historic): 427 (1870); 811 (1890); 964 (1910); 807 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1900; 1930s; 1960–1980
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 94 (25.9%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Asa Leedom House (c. 1865). 705 West Washington Street. Liberty. Greek Revival.