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Greene County, Missouri

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
80historic places
—earliest paper
1833formed
298,915pop. 2020
65cemeteries
3CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 80 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966. Most listings are in or near Springfield, Ash Grove, Republic.

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 Greene titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

23 of 80 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

80 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Abou Ben Adhem Shrine MosqueSpringfieldBuilding1982
Ambassador ApartmentsSpringfieldBuilding2008
Anderson, Elijah Teague, HouseRepublicBuilding1980
Bailey SchoolSpringfieldBuilding2016
Bentley HouseSpringfieldBuilding1980
Benton Avenue AME ChurchSpringfieldBuilding2001
Berry CemeteryAsh GroveSite2004
Beverly ApartmentsSpringfieldBuilding2017
Boegel and Hine Flour Mill-Wommack MillFair GroveBuilding1986
Boone, Nathan, HouseAsh GroveBuilding1969
Camp Manor ApartmentsSpringfieldBuilding2005
Campbell Avenue Historic DistrictSpringfieldDistrict1999
Campbell Avenue Historic District (Boundary Increase I)SpringfieldDistrict2005
Christ Episcopal ChurchSpringfieldBuilding1987
College ApartmentsSpringfieldBuilding2003
Commercial Street Historic DistrictSpringfieldDistrict1983
Day HouseSpringfieldBuilding1976
Fallin Brothers BuildingSpringfieldBuilding2012
Fallin GarageSpringfieldBuilding2023
Finkbiner BuildingSpringfieldBuilding2005
Franklin Springfield Motor Co. BuildingSpringfieldBuilding2006
Gillioz TheaterSpringfieldBuilding1991
Gilmore BarnAsh GroveBuilding1994
Gottfried Furniture Company BuildingSpringfieldBuilding2007
Greene County CourthouseSpringfieldBuilding2007
Heer's Department StoreSpringfieldBuilding2002
HeercleffSpringfieldBuilding2016
Holland BuildingSpringfieldBuilding2000
Hotel SansoneSpringfieldBuilding2000
Jefferson Street FootbridgeSpringfieldStructure2003
Keet-McElhany HouseSpringfieldBuilding1984
King, J.E., Manufacturing CompanySpringfieldBuilding2005
Kite, Robert B. and Vitae A., Apartment BuildingSpringfieldBuilding2004
Landers TheaterSpringfieldBuilding1977
Lincoln SchoolSpringfieldBuilding2000
Marquette HotelSpringfieldBuilding2000
Marx-Hurlburt BuildingSpringfieldBuilding2003
McDaniel BuildingSpringfieldBuilding2014
Mid-Town Historic DistrictSpringfieldDistrict1989
Mid-town Historic District (Boundary Increase I)SpringfieldDistrict2002
Netter-Ullman BuildingSpringfieldBuilding2003
Oberman, D.M., Manufacturing Co. BuildingSpringfieldBuilding2002
Old CalabosseSpringfieldBuilding1980
Palace HotelSpringfieldBuilding2002
Pearl Apartments and Windsor ApartmentsSpringfieldBuilding2005
Pearson Creek Archeological DistrictSpringfieldDistrict1978
Producers Ice and Manufacturing CompanySpringfieldBuilding2018
Producers Produce Company PlantSpringfieldBuilding2010
Pythian Home of MissouriSpringfieldBuilding2009
Rail Haven MotelSpringfieldBuilding2010
Roberts FarmsteadSpringfieldDistrict2025
Rock Fountain Court Historic DistrictSpringfieldDistrict2003
Route 66 Steak 'n ShakeSpringfieldBuilding2012
Schneider, Henry, BuildingSpringfieldBuilding2006
South Avenue Commercial Historic DistrictSpringfieldDistrict1999
South-McDaniel-Patton Commercial Historic DistrictSpringfieldDistrict2003
Springfield Furniture CompanySpringfieldBuilding2006
Springfield Grocer Company WarehouseSpringfieldBuilding2010
Springfield National CemeterySpringfieldSite1999
Springfield Public Square Historic DistrictSpringfieldDistrict2006
Springfield Public Square Historic District (Boundary Increase)SpringfieldDistrict2010
Springfield Seed Co. Office and WarehouseSpringfieldBuilding2006
Springfield Warehouse and Industrial Historic DistrictSpringfieldDistrict1999
St. John's Mercy Hospital BuildingSpringfieldBuilding2003
St. Paul BlockSpringfieldBuilding2009
Stone ChapelSpringfieldBuilding1982
Trail of Tears Roadbed Segment on Josiah Danforth FarmStraffordSite2018
U.S. Customhouse and Post OfficeSpringfieldBuilding1979
Walnut Street Commercial Historic DistrictSpringfieldDistrict1999
Walnut Street Historic DistrictSpringfieldDistrict1985
Walnut Street Historic District (Boundary Decrease)SpringfieldDistrict2001
Walnut Street Historic District (Boundary Increase I)SpringfieldDistrict2002
West Walnut Street Commercial Historic DistrictSpringfieldDistrict2002
Wilhoit, E.M., BuildingSpringfieldBuilding2005
Wilhoit, Edward M. and Della C., HouseSpringfieldBuilding2004
Wilshire ApartmentsSpringfieldBuilding2008
Wilson's Creek National BattlefieldSpringfieldDistrict1966
Wilson's Creek National Battlefield (Boundary Increase)RepublicDistrict2024
Wise Feed Company BuildingSpringfieldBuilding2003
Woods-Evertz Stove Company Historic DistrictSpringfieldDistrict2003

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Greene was formed in 1833 (1833-01-02) from unknown / original county.

GREENE created from Non-County Area 16.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Greene County population from 1840 to 2020 (Census historical series).

299k152k5,3721840188019201930196020002020
18401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
5,37213,18628,80152,71368,69890,541104,823126,276185,302240,391298,915

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

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
wicrPark unit17.4 km
WICRPark unit18.2 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

65 cemeteries and 3 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 65 of 65 listed
NameLatLon
Batson Cemetery37.19281-93.5983
Bodenhamer Cemetery37.21532-93.18434
Brick Church Cemetery37.2506-93.35407
Brookline Cemetery37.17036-93.41403
Caldwell Cemetery37.26199-93.07184
Cave Spring Memorial Church Cemetery37.35399-93.4636
Clear Creek Cemetery37.25393-93.44519
Dishman Cemetery37.30044-93.12628
Eastlawn Cemetery37.21558-93.25152
Edgar Cemetery37.11589-93.40274
Elm Spring Cemetery37.34213-93.18428
Evergreen Cemetery37.12672-93.4742
Fulton Cemetery37.09199-93.16462
Garoutte Cemetery37.15681-93.575
Gibson-Porter Cemetery37.09893-93.21157
Green Lawn Cemetery37.40135-93.54991
Greenlawn Cemetery37.26393-93.27518
Hamilton Cemetery37.32499-93.58365
Harrington Cemetery37.12623-93.43534
Hazelwood Cemetery37.17088-93.2649
Holland Cemetery37.11199-93.11795
Holt Cemetery37.10338-93.09601
Hopewell Cemetery37.11227-93.13601
Johns Chapel Cemetery37.25103-93.58642
Kelly Cemetery37.11282-93.18934
Kershner Cemetery37.16504-93.18768
Kirkwood Cemetery37.17421-93.25255
Klinger-Cope at Rivermonte37.13199-93.2324
Laney Cemetery37.10871-93.57601
Lee Cemetery37.12615-93.19434
Leeper Cemetery37.39267-93.57941
Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery37.21136-93.25171
Lindsey Chapel Cemetery37.10993-93.462
Logan Cemetery37.14893-93.14601
Manley Cemetery37.09743-93.40024
Maple Park Cemetery37.19449-93.2924
McCraw Cemetery37.19485-93.13592
Missouri State Veterans Cemetery - Springfield37.11813-93.2385
Mullinax Cemetery37.26476-93.10323
Murray Cemetery37.28735-93.43798
New Hope Cemetery37.40059-93.25907
Palmetto Cemetery37.14084-93.09518
Parsley Cemetery37.20782-93.16907
Patterson Cemetery37.10452-93.31971
Payne Cemetery37.15156-93.35483
Phillips Cemetery37.12817-93.37005
Potter Cemetery37.23171-93.1274
Pursley Cemetery37.18199-93.17323
Roberts Cemetery37.19338-93.19768
Saint Marys Cemetery37.20397-93.32537
Salem Cemetery37.35587-93.23824
Smith Cemetery37.10338-93.12906
Springfield National Cemetery37.1731-93.26379
Squibb Cemetery37.22744-93.51389
Temple Israel Cemetery37.1731-93.26657
Turner Cemetery37.09449-93.10101
Wade Chapel Cemetery37.13494-93.51105
Webb Cemetery37.19726-93.17934
Wesley Cemetery37.32578-93.43254
Westmoreland Cemetery37.24893-93.21351
White Chapel Memorial Gardens37.22597-93.39111
Wilkerson Cemetery37.12727-93.12184
Williamson Cemetery37.39401-93.56587
Willis Cemetery37.27587-93.07878
Yarbrough Cemetery37.13137-93.31084
Historical populated places — 3 of 3
NameLatLon
Buckley37.42338-93.53187
Palace37.12088-93.16463
Yeakley37.20699-93.48631

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.

BattlefieldStudy acresDist.Site ID
Springfield8026.1 kmMO008
Springfield2,8978.4 kmMO018
Wilson'S Creek2,02018.5 kmMO004

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

Historical markers

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