Pulaski County, Missouri

 

Founding: 1833
Parent counties: Crawford and Morgan

Namesake: Casimir Pulaski, Polish soldier
Seat: Waynesville (1833–)

Land area: 547 square miles

Population (2020): 53,955

Population (historic): 6,529 (1840); 3,835 (1860); 7,250 (1880); 10,394 (1900); 10,755 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840; 1860–1910; 1920–1940; 1950–1970; 2000–2020

Subdivisions: Five cities; one CDP; six townships

National Register listings: Seven

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 750 (3.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 32.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 1.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 11%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $698
Average outbuilding value (1930): $491
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,454
Average farm size (1920): 64.9 acres
Sources of settlement: Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, and Indiana
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Waynesville

Namesake: Anthony Wayne, Continental Army general

Founding: 1833 (platting); 1834 (post office)

Population (2020): 5,406

Population (historic): 257 (1910); 293 (1910); 392 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1910–1970; 1980–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 62 (2.5%)
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