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Andrew County, Missouri

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
3historic places
—earliest paper
1841formed
18,135pop. 2020
23cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 3 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1980. Most listings are in or near Savannah, Rea, St. Joseph.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Missouri is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Andrew titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

2 of 3 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

3 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Andrew County CourthouseSavannahBuilding1980
Roberts, J.F., Octagonal BarnReaBuilding1999
Walnut Park Farm Historic DistrictSt. JosephDistrict1999

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Andrew was formed in 1841 (1841-01-29) from unknown / original county.

ANDREW created from Non-County Area 31 (Territory of Neatawah).

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Andrew County population from 1850 to 2020 (Census historical series).

18k14k9,4331850188019201940196020002020
18501860188019001920194019501960198020002020
9,43311,85016,31817,33214,07513,01511,72711,06213,98016,49218,135

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

23 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 23 of 23 listed
NameLatLon
Bedford Chapel Cemetery39.98869-94.74819
Bennett Lane Cemetery39.99611-94.87866
Bethel Cemetery39.86419-94.62538
Bolckow Cemetery40.11374-94.81416
Brown Cemetery39.86054-94.68079
Clizer Cemetery39.97917-94.93385
Coffman Cemetery39.99606-94.81043
Concord Cemetery39.85113-94.68219
Earls Cemetery39.93733-94.80364
Fairview Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery39.82827-94.78642
Fillmore Cemetery40.01796-94.97455
Gillispie Cemetery39.97726-94.90705
Green Cemetery39.83332-94.86357
Greenwick Cemetery39.8868-94.86526
Hackberry Cemetery39.94449-94.90601
High Prairie Cemetery39.87078-94.73029
Jackson Cemetery39.97436-94.94601
Kellogg Cemetery39.9961-94.84988
Ladd Cemetery39.83415-94.84274
Mount Carmel Cemetery39.93775-94.88071
Oak Ridge Cemetery39.83949-94.74434
Savannah Cemetery39.93609-94.82919
Vanschoiack Cemetery39.86483-94.80592
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Nida40.01027-94.89219

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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