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Atchison County, Missouri

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
8historic places
—earliest paper
1843formed
5,305pop. 2020
24cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 8 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970. Most listings are in or near Rock Port, Tarkio, Watson.

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 Atchison titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

6 of 8 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

8 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Atchison County Memorial BuildingRock PortBuilding1987
Dopf, John Dickinson, MansionRock PortBuilding1984
Gibbs SiteWatsonSite1972
Mule Barn TheatreTarkioBuilding1970
Rankin HallTerkioBuilding2010
St. Oswald's Protestant Episcopal ChurchSkidmoreBuilding1992
Thompson-Campbell FarmsteadLangdonBuilding2003
Walnut InnTarkioBuilding1982

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Atchison was formed in 1843 (1843-02-24) from Holt.

ALLEN (now ATCHISON) created from HOLT; ALLEN (now ATCHISON) not fully organized, attached to HOLT "for all civil and military purposes."

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

17k9,0891,6781850188019201940196020002020
18501860188019001920194019501960198020002020
1,6784,64914,55616,50113,00812,89711,1279,2138,6056,4305,305

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

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

Cemeteries — 24 of 24 listed
NameLatLon
Addington Cemetery40.47222-95.58304
Beck Cemetery40.32208-95.45448
Bush Cemetery40.35583-95.48609
Center Grove Cemetery40.49305-95.33664
Corning Cemetery40.26916-95.45025
Elmwood Cemetery40.40626-95.5206
English Grove Cemetery40.34363-95.44404
Grange Hall Cemetery40.53138-95.48751
Green Hill Cemetery40.41432-95.50769
High Creek Cemetery40.50869-95.56879
Home Cemetery40.43305-95.38386
Hunter Cemetery40.36362-95.52123
Linden Cemetery40.4856-95.53831
London Cemetery40.47298-95.23498
Millsap Cemetery40.41499-95.55359
Mount Hope Cemetery40.2698-95.45063
Pleasant Ridge Cemetery40.32888-95.37608
Prairie Hill Cemetery40.43679-95.29886
Saint John's Church Cemetery40.53844-95.44587
Smith Cemetery40.43737-95.50299
Sonora Cemetery40.47319-95.65216
Stoner Cemetery40.51274-95.56254
Walden Grove Cemetery40.56426-95.35631
Walkup Grove Cemetery40.32057-95.25687
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
South Blanchard40.57777-95.22165

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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