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Franklin County, Missouri

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62historic places

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1819formed

104,682pop. 2020

103cemeteries

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At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 62 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1969. Most listings are in or near Washington, New Haven, Sullivan.

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

16 of 62 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

62 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
AME Church of New Haven	New Haven	Building	1992
Abkemeyer, John, House	Washington	Building	2000
Bartelmann, Henry, House	Washington	Building	2000
Bartsch-Jasper House	Washington	Building	2000
Beinke, Henry F., House	Washington	Building	2000
Beins, Henry, House	Washington	Building	2000
Bethel Church	Labadie	Building	1993
Brehe Farmstead Historic District	Washington	District	2000
Broeker, H.P., House	Washington	Building	2000
Broeker, John H., House	Washington	Building	2000
Buhr, Henry J., House	Washington	Building	2000
Busch, John B., Brewery Historic District	Washington	District	2000
Busch, John B., Brewery Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Washington	Building	2014
Caldwell Farm	Washington	Building	1980
Degen, Henry, House	Washington	Building	2000
Downtown Washington Historic District	Washington	District	1989
Eitzen, Henry Charles, Building	Washington	Building	2000
Ernst, Henry and Elizabeth, House	Washington	Building	2000
Fore Shoe Company Building	Washington	Building	2005
Grauer, Gustav, Farm	Pacific	Building	1984
Helm, Charles H., House	Washington	Building	2000
Helm, John and Wilhelmina, House	Washington	Building	2000
International Shoe Company Building	St. Clair	Building	1994
Jones, Stephen M., Building	Washington	Building	2000
Keller, Christian and Anna, Farmstead	Gerald	Building	2009
Kohmueller, Louis, House	Washington	Building	2000
Krog, Albert, House	Washington	Building	2000
Kruse, Casper, House	Washington	Building	2000
Locust Street Historic District	Washington	District	2000
May, Dr. H.A., House	Washington	Building	2000
Mense, Frank, House	Washington	Building	2000
Meramec State Park Beach Area Historic District	Sullivan	District	1991
Meramec State Park Lookout House/Observation Tower	Sullivan	Building	1985
Meramec State Park Pump House	Sullivan	Building	1985
Meramec State Park Shelter House	Sullivan	Building	1985
Meyer, John, House	Washington	Building	2000
Monje, Paul, House	Washington	Building	2000
Moselle Iron Furnace Stack	Moselle	Structure	1969
New Haven Commercial Historic District	New Haven	District	1999
New Haven Residential Historic District	New Haven	District	1999
North, James, House	Labadie	Building	1984
O'Hara, Mark, House	Washington	Building	2000
Old Gerald School	Gerald	Building	2014
Panhorst Feed Store	St. Clair	Building	1990
Pelster, Wilhelm, House-Barn	New Haven	Building	1978
Peters, Louis H., House	Washington	Building	2000
Raaf, Joseph, House	Washington	Building	2000
Schnier, Fred, Building	Washington	Building	2000
Schwarzer, Franz, House	Washington	Building	1978
Schwegmann, John F., House	Washington	Building	1984
Spaunhorst and Mayn Building	Washington	Building	2007
St. Albans Farms Stone Barn	St. Albans	Building	2006
St. Albans General Store	St. Albans	Building	2003
Stafford-Olive Historic District	Washington	District	2000
Tamm, George, Building	Washington	Building	2000
Tavern Cave	St. Albans	Site	1970
Thias, Henry C., House	Washington	Building	1984
Tibbe Historic District	Washington	District	1990
Tuepker, Jonathan L., House	Washington	Building	2000
Twelker, Christopher and Johanna, Farm	New Haven	District	2016
Vitt, William T., House	Washington	Building	2000
Wehrmann, Louis, Building	Washington	Building	2000

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Franklin was formed in 1819 (1819-01-01) from St.

FRANKLIN created from ST. LOUIS.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Franklin County population from 1820 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
2,379	7,515	18,085	26,534	30,581	28,427	33,868	36,046	44,566	71,233	93,807	104,682

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

103 cemeteries and 6 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 103 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Alder Cemetery	38.56078	-91.21232
Ascension Cemetery	38.50971	-91.01501
Assumption Cemetery	38.60443	-91.24144
Bade Cemetery	38.63671	-91.33126
Bates Cemetery	38.42881	-91.29385
Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery	38.31985	-90.8776
Bethel Cemetery	38.51769	-90.87915
Bethlehem Cemetery	38.48097	-90.99289
Bethlehem Lutheran Church Cemetery	38.54857	-91.24341
Betts Cemetery	38.66476	-91.36821
Boeuf Cemetery	38.39449	-91.34515
Brush Creek Cemetery	38.25742	-91.02937
Brush Creek Cemetery	38.48227	-90.83874
Butler Cemetery	38.45338	-91.18014
Cedar Cemetery	38.5737	-91.23604
Coleman Cemetery	38.49671	-90.85371
Cove Cemetery	38.35738	-90.88841
Crow Cemetery	38.21115	-91.25903
Detmold Cemetery	38.53879	-91.29356
Dill Cemetery	38.45582	-91.04777
Drewel Cemetery	38.63032	-91.30932
Ebenezer Church of Christ Cemetery	38.51153	-91.31852
Ekey Cemetery	38.4085	-90.9549
Etlah Community Cemetery	38.66157	-91.31132
Evergreen Cemetery	38.34818	-91.20037
Fees Cemetery	38.44681	-91.03036
Finks Cemetery	38.68337	-91.34321
Finney Cemetery	38.35988	-90.80238
Fisher Cemetery	38.36365	-90.89134
Good Cemetery	38.43696	-90.84182
Green Mound Baptist Cemetery	38.36286	-91.00344
Gregory Cemetery	38.40357	-91.27195
Hazelrun - Rose Hill Cemetery	38.4556	-90.85957
Helling Cemetery	38.57133	-91.32033
Helms Cemetery	38.2088	-91.33903
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery	38.5289	-91.02359
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Memorial Cemetery	38.2172	-91.16247
Indian Prairie Cemetery	38.4036	-90.95414
Kallmeyier Cemetery	38.6356	-91.32126
Kamper Cemetery	38.30238	-91.00971
Kasel Cemetery	38.56475	-91.15115
Kohlbush Cemetery	38.57432	-91.33264
Laubinger Memorial Cemetery	38.32368	-91.21431
Leslie United Methodist Cemetery	38.42128	-91.22374
Lockhart Cemetery	38.26196	-91.35535
Martin Cemetery	38.23504	-91.33764
McCallister Cemetery	38.31807	-91.31132
Methodist Cemetery	38.6431	-91.35265
Methodist Cemetery	38.68059	-91.31348
Meyer Cemetery	38.4829	-91.12001
Meyers Cemetery	38.58318	-91.30346
Midlawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery	38.41703	-90.98588
Mitchell Cemetery	38.41116	-90.8029
Mount Calvary Cemetery	38.50622	-91.13369
Nauser Cemetery	38.56166	-91.20151
New Chapel Hill Cemetery	38.23146	-90.98476
New Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery	38.32981	-91.32753
New Haven Cemetery	38.59241	-91.22016
New Saint Bridgets Cemetery	38.48866	-90.75485
Newport Presbyterian Cemetery	38.58408	-91.11177
North Cemetery	38.48032	-90.83818
Nortmann Cemetery	38.61143	-91.24626
Oak Grove Cemetery	38.34298	-90.8608
Oak Ridge Cemetery	38.40171	-90.76735
Old Hazelrun Cemetery	38.45755	-90.85179
Old Japan Cemetery	38.24946	-91.33968
Old Saint Bridgets Cemetery	38.49032	-90.75485
Pacific Cemetery	38.48867	-90.7537
Peters Cemetery	38.46912	-91.0559
Pleasant Hill Cemetery	38.47977	-90.90097
Roark Cemetery	38.68948	-91.35487
Roberts Cemetery	38.43254	-90.81198
Roberts Cemetery	38.47394	-90.81374
Rommelmann Cemetery	38.21109	-91.35481
Saint Anthonys Cemetery	38.23465	-91.15631
Saint Francis Borgia Catholic Cemetery	38.54408	-91.01585
Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Cemetery	38.27061	-90.81955
Saint Gertrude Cemetery	38.49949	-91.04875
Saint Johns Cemetery	38.47764	-91.02945
Saint Johns Cemetery	38.6574	-91.34468

Historical populated places — 6 of 6

Name	Lat	Lon
Boone	38.25921	-91.32321
Calvey	38.34755	-90.79624
George	38.24533	-90.94903
Senate Grove	38.5756	-91.32793
South Point	38.54394	-90.97848
Walbert	38.33005	-91.33182

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

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