Cape Girardeau County, Missouri

Founding: 1812
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: A promontory along the Mississippi River
Seat: Jackson (1814–)

Land area: 579 square miles

Population (2020): 81,710

Population (historic): 5,968 (1820); 13,912 (1850); 17,558 (1870); 24,315 (1900); 33,203 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–2020

Subdivisions: Three cities; seven villages; ten townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 3,635 (10.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 37.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 5.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,111
Average outbuilding value (1930): $854
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,661
Average farm size (1920): 86.5 acres
Sources of settlement: Germany, Tennessee, Illinois, and Kentucky
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Jackson

Namesake: Andrew Jackson, U.S. president

Founding: 1814 (platting as Byrdstown); 1814 (post office); 1819 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 15,481

Population (historic): 433 (1860); 795 (1880); 1,658 (1900); 2,465 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 403 (6.5%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Abraham Byrd House (1827). 2832 County Road 442. Byrd.
2. Big Hill Farm / Harrison Williams Farm (c. 1855). 2246 State Route PP. Byrd. Italianate.
3. McKendree Log Chapel (1819). Bainbridge Road, north of Old Orchard Road. Randol.

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