Cass County, Missouri

 

Founding: 1835 (declared in 1833)
Parent counties: Jackson and Lafayette

Namesake: Lewis Cass, Michigan politician
Seat: Harrisonville (1837–)

Land area: 697 square miles

Population (2020): 107,824

Population (historic): 4,693 (1840); 9,794 (1860); 22,431 (1880); 23,636 (1900); 20,962 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1900; 1950–2020

Subdivisions: 16 cities; four villages; two CDPs; 18 townships

National Register listings: Seven

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,369 (5.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 43.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 5.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,580
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,563
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,036
Average farm size (1920): 117.8 acres
Sources of settlement: Kentucky, Illinois, Ohio, Virginia, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee
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Harrisonville

Namesake: Albert Harrison, Missouri politician

Founding: 1837 (platting); 1837 (post office); 1851 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 10,121

Population (historic): 675 (1860); 1,113 (1880); 1,844 (1900); 2,306 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 408 (10.4%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Eli Byler House (c. 1870). 33306 235th Road. Camp Branch.
2. *Algernon O'Bannon Farm (1893). 29620 O'Bannon Road. Index. Queen Anne/Italianate.
3. *Robert Brown Farm (c. 1850). 23916 Prettyman Road. Peculiar.
4. John Miller House (c. 1865). 5606 233rd Road. Union.