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Bollinger County, Missouri

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2historic places

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1851formed

10,567pop. 2020

73cemeteries

1CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 2 listed properties in the county, first listed in 2005. Most listings are in or near Marble Hill.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

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

2 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Mayfield, Will, College Arts and Science Building	Marble Hill	Building	2005
Mayfield, Will, College Campus	Marble Hill	Building	2013

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Bollinger was formed in 1851 (1851-03-01) from Cape Girardeau, Stoddard, Wayne.

BOLLINGER created from CAPE GIRARDEAU, STODDARD, and WAYNE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Bollinger County population from 1860 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
7,371	11,130	14,650	13,909	12,898	11,019	9,167	10,301	12,029	10,567

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

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

Cemeteries — 73 of 73 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Ates Cemetery	37.45682	-89.87018
Bailey Cemetery	37.32762	-89.89604
Baker Cemetery	37.27213	-89.98667
Barks Cemetery	37.3506	-89.94946
Berry Cemetery	37.39999	-90.11295
Bess Cemetery	37.3814	-89.99384
Bollinger Cemetery	37.55039	-89.97656
Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery	37.26892	-89.98681
Buehler Cemetery	37.34666	-89.99921
Burton Cemetery	37.37226	-89.98656
Cane Creek Cemetery	37.24683	-90.04897
Cato Cemetery	37.10161	-90.04342
Chostner Cemetery	37.3857	-89.92646
Clubb Cemetery	37.17773	-90.13868
Coles Cemetery	37.4023	-89.94515
Cook Cemetery	37.40364	-89.91674
Cox Cemetery	37.09319	-90.0907
Crader Cemetery	37.32815	-89.87118
Crites Cemetery	37.23208	-90.01646
Dalton Cemetery	37.48963	-89.99717
Dry Creek Cemetery	37.2676	-90.0292
Eaker Cemetery	37.27802	-89.95172
Eakers Cemetery	37.194	-90.07418
Ebenezer Cemetery	37.30033	-89.89001
Flatwoods Cemetery	37.51431	-89.96182
Frazier Cemetery	37.13831	-89.86868
Grindstaff Cemetery	37.52142	-89.99166
Hahn Cemetery	37.28854	-89.9775
Hartle Cemetery	37.43532	-89.86438
Hawn Cemetery	37.42391	-90.10648
Holt Cemetery	37.42582	-89.89993
James Cemetery	37.42929	-89.92993
Johnson Cemetery	37.57059	-89.99912
Jones Cemetery	37.53407	-89.97428
Kellion Cemetery	37.15816	-89.97682
Kinder Chapel Cemetery	37.30474	-90.21399
Lessley Cemetery	37.35306	-89.87176
Limbaugh Cemetery	37.4093	-89.87955
Lincoln Cemetery	37.39548	-90.00115
Lower Deck Cemetery	37.30787	-90.01203
Lower Grassy - Rea Cemetery	37.26562	-90.16069
Maddox Cemetery	37.16197	-90.18508
Mansker Cemetery	37.19087	-89.98935
Marble Hill Cemetery	37.30364	-89.97165
McMahan Cemetery	37.3766	-90.05963
Meyer Cemetery	37.59503	-89.9429
Moores Cemetery	37.38837	-90.05238
Mountain View Cemetery	37.41595	-89.97422
Mouser Cemetery	37.31462	-90.12217
Myers Cemetery	37.31716	-90.01
Myers Cemetery	37.2678	-90.08396
Old Bollinger Cemetery	37.52738	-89.93927
Old Concord Cemetery	37.46592	-90.10068
Old Pulliam - Judge Long Cemetery	37.42076	-89.93742
Patterson Cemetery	37.22331	-90.11458
Perkins Cemetery	37.27394	-89.93148
Pleasant Hill Cemetery	37.51719	-90.04521
Pulliam Cemetery	37.44025	-89.92324
Saint Johns Cemetery	37.25823	-89.92863
Scott Cemetery	37.21889	-89.86842
Scott Cemetery	37.23505	-90.16833
Seabaugh Cemetery	37.48217	-89.91002
Seabaugh Cemetery	37.47121	-89.94534
Shell Cemetery	37.28391	-89.96946
Shelton Cemetery	37.25542	-90.0481
Shrum Cemetery	37.58632	-89.98744
Slinkard Cemetery	37.4408	-90.07791
Speer Cemetery	37.16951	-90.05561
Statler Cemetery	37.53779	-89.91697
Sturdivant Cemetery	37.05416	-90.01168
Upper Deck Cemetery	37.32363	-90.04459
Wallis Cemetery	37.37977	-90.0085
White Cemetery	37.17835	-90.09202

Historical populated places — 1 of 1

Name	Lat	Lon
Ezra	37.55589	-90.09845

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

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

Battlefield	Study acres	Dist.	Site ID
Fredericktown	587	34.8 km	MO007

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

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