Laclede County, Missouri

Founding: 1849
Parent counties: Camden, Pulaski, and unorganized territory

Namesake: Pierre Laclède, founder of St. Louis, Missouri
Seat: Lebanon (1849–)

Land area: 765 square miles

Population (2020): 35,571

Population (historic): 2,498 (1850); 9,380 (1870); 14,721 (1890); 17,363 (1910); 16,320 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1910; 1930–1950; 1960–2020

Subdivisions: Two cities; two villages; one CDP; nine townships

National Register listings: Seven

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,149 (7.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 24.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 3.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 20.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 12.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $736
Average outbuilding value (1930): $472
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,599
Average farm size (1920): 72.2 acres
Sources of settlement: Missouri, Tennessee, Illinois, Kentucky, and Indiana
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Lebanon

Namesake: Lebanon, Tennessee

Founding: 1849 (platting); 1850 (post office); 1877 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 15,013

Population (historic): 341 (1860); 1,419 (1880); 2,125 (1900); 3,562 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1890; 1900–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 582 (8.6%)
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