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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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.

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