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

National Register listings: 32

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)

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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Outstanding Buildings

1. *William Kirtley House (1856). Road F, south of Little Tabo Creek. Dover. Razed.
2. *Maple Grove / James Dinwiddie House (c. 1840). US Highway 24, east of Cottonwood Road. Dover. Greek Revival.
3. *Daniel Tevis House (c. 1868). 505 South 13th Street. Lexington. Italianate.
4. *George Johnson House (c. 1894). 102 South 30th Street. Lexington. Queen Anne.
5. *William Spratt House (c. 1840/1850). 2321 Aull Lane. Lexington. Greek Revival.
6. *Alexander Graves House (c. 1874). 2326 Aull Lane. Lexington. Italianate. Razed.
7. *Lafayette County Infirmary (1906). 8984 County Farm Road. Lexington. Castellated. Razed.
8. *William Anderson House (1853). 1101 Delaware Street. Lexington. Greek Revival.
9. *Linwood Lawn / William Limrick House (c. 1854). 13845 Higginsville Road. Lexington. Italianate.
10. *Thomas Stramcke House (c. 1887). 15834 Road O. Lexington. Queen Anne.
11. *John Cheatham House (c. 1868). 739 State Route 13. Lexington. Italianate.
12. *Belles–Sawyer House (c. 1855/1895). 1494 State Route 13. Lexington. Greek Revival/Queen Anne.
13. *Hicklin Hearthstone / James Hicklin Farm (c. 1838). 14699 US Highway 24. Lexington. Greek Revival.
14. *Minetree Catron Farm (c. 1843). 16431 US Highway 24. Lexington. Greek Revival.
15. *Thomas Shelby Farm (c. 1855). 17213 US Highway 24. Lexington. Greek Revival. Razed.
16. *Sunny Side Farm / Thomas Middleton House (c. 1885). 667 Sunrise Lane. Sni-A-Bar. Italianate. Razed.