Knox County, Missouri

 

Founding: 1845 (declared in 1843)
Parent county: Scotland

Namesake: Henry Knox, Continental Amy general
Seat: Edina (1845–)

Land area: 504 square miles

Population (2020): 3,744

Population (historic): 2,894 (1850); 10,974 (1870); 13,501 (1890); 12,403 (1910); 9,658 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1890

Subdivisions: Four cities; two villages; one CDP; 13 townships

National Register listings: One

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 803 (35.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 29.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 2.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.9%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,306
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,125
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,880
Average farm size (1920): 139.5 acres
Sources of settlement: Missouri, Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia, Indiana, and Pennsylvania
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Edina

Namesake: A poetic reference to Edinburgh, Scotland

Founding: 1839 (platting); 1850 (post office)

Population (2020): 1,012

Population (historic): 163 (1850); 807 (1870); 1,456 (1890); 1,526 (1910); 1,532 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1900; 1920–1940; 1960s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 251 (36.2%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *John Oldfather Farm (c. 1890). Road TT, west of Road 266. Bee Ridge. Gothic Revival.
2. *Thomas Smith Farm (c. 1855). Road 400, east of Road 387. Fabius. Razed.
3. *Samuel Manning Log House (c. 1834). Road E, south of the Fabius River. Fabius. Razed.
4. *John Fresh House (c. 1870). 65644 State Route 156. Fabius. Italianate.
5. *George Washburn Farm (1904). 65545 Road U. Jeddo. Classical Revival.
6. *Page Snelling House (c. 1870). 50478 Road 144. Lyon. Italianate.
7. *William Funk Farm (c. 1855). Road P, northwest of Edina. Lyon. Greek Revival. Razed.
8. *Abraham Rinehart Farm (1854/1860s). 49588 Road 344. Salt River. Greek Revival.