Lafayette County, Missouri

 

Founding: 1825
Parent county: Lillard

Namesake: The Marquis de Lafayette, Continental Army general
Seat: Lexington (1825–)

Land area: 628 square miles

Population (2020): 32,984

Population (historic): 2,912 (1830); 13,690 (1850); 22,623 (1870); 31,679 (1900); 29,259 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1830–1900; 1960–2010

Subdivisions: 14 cities; two villages; eight townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,390 (16.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 38%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 12.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 9.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,147
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,449
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,807
Average farm size (1920): 115.4 acres
Sources of settlement: Virginia, Kentucky, Germany, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, and Tennessee
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Lexington

Namesake: Lexington, Kentucky

Founding: 1822 (platting); 1823 (post office); 1845 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 4,652

Population (historic): 2,698 (1850); 4,373 (1870); 4,537 (1890); 5,242 (1910); 4,595 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1870; 1880s; 1900s; 1930s; 1960s; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 526 (25.1%)
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