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Jefferson County, Missouri

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15historic places

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1819formed

226,739pop. 2020

55cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 15 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970. Most listings are in or near Times Beach, Hillsboro, Kimmswick.

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

4 of 15 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

15 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Beaumont-Tyson Quarry District	Times Beach	District	1974
Boemler Archeological District	Byrnes Mill	District	1974
Boland Archeological District	Times Beach	District	1974
Central School Campus	De Soto	Building	2009
Fletcher, Thomas C., House	Hillsboro	Building	1974
Greystone-Meissner, Gustave, House	Pevely	District	1974
Kimmswick Bone Bed	Imperial	Site	1980
Kimmswick Historic District	Kimmswick	District	2007
Leight, Valentine, General Store	House Springs	Building	1992
Moder Archeological District	House Springs	District	1974
Rozier, Louis J. and Harriet, House	DeSoto	Building	2006
Sandy Creek Covered Bridge	Hillsboro	Structure	1970
Stonebrook	Antonia	Building	2011
Waggener Dairy Barn	Festus	Building	2022
Windsor Harbor Road Bridge	Kimmswick	Structure	1983

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

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

JEFFERSON created from ST. LOUIS and STE. GENEVIEVE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
1,835	4,296	10,344	18,736	25,712	26,555	32,023	38,007	66,377	146,183	198,099	226,739

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

55 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 55 of 55 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Acquilla Cole Cemetery	38.07773	-90.43588
Assumption Catholic Cemetery	38.26014	-90.3939
Baker Cemetery	38.24654	-90.42832
Baker Cemetery	38.10484	-90.3028
Barsotti Cemetery	38.14866	-90.35067
Buster Cemetery	38.02894	-90.5129
Byrd Cemetery	38.09507	-90.40088
Calvary Cemetery	38.14072	-90.57161
Cook Cemetery	38.15823	-90.36083
Curtis Cemetery	38.13857	-90.31423
Donnell Cemetery	38.14814	-90.33265
Emmanuel Cemetery	38.31204	-90.39805
Gamel Cemetery	38.21569	-90.40057
Good Shepherd Cemetery	38.23445	-90.56905
Griffin Cemetery	38.13815	-90.30614
Hamman Cemetery	38.03188	-90.5742
Harrington Cemetery	38.29706	-90.39895
Hillsboro Cemetery	38.22739	-90.55829
Hope United Church of Christ Ebenezer Cemetery	38.10709	-90.48307
Joachim Cemetery	38.1005	-90.55081
Lucas Cemetery	38.14655	-90.34014
Madison Cemetery	38.1836	-90.39296
Mahlers Cemetery	38.28128	-90.4715
Maness Cemetery	38.1656	-90.72929
McCain Cemetery	38.1755	-90.71555
McClain Cemetery	38.12675	-90.38002
McCormack Cemetery	38.1264	-90.40743
McCormack Cemetery	38.48314	-90.4834
McMullen Cemetery	38.1203	-90.41737
Moontown Cemetery	38.01899	-90.58257
Mount Olive Cemetery	38.0802	-90.50699
Mount Zion Cemetery	38.20137	-90.4079
Oakland Cemetery	38.12505	-90.66484
Old Crystal City Cemetery	38.21505	-90.38067
Old German Cemetery	38.09338	-90.45928
Politte Cemetery	38.07961	-90.62991
Porter Cemetery	38.08106	-90.38202
Richardson Cemetery	38.42041	-90.39621
Rose Lawn Memorial Gardens	38.23116	-90.38567
Rowe Cemetery	38.04057	-90.51694
Sacred Heart Cemetery	38.23258	-90.38635
Saint Johns Cemetery	38.4406	-90.49761
Saint Josephs Cemetery	38.37938	-90.36688
Skullens Cemetery	38.37365	-90.63999
Stafford Cemetery	38.13374	-90.70385
Sunnyside Cemetery	38.15364	-90.46556
Victoria Cemetery	38.17892	-90.53768
Vineyard Cemetery	38.04749	-90.60359
Wagoner Cemetery	38.12846	-90.32269
Weaver Cemetery	38.1406	-90.31237
Wheeler Cemetery	38.12239	-90.42356
Woodlawn Memorial Park	38.12643	-90.56568
Zion Lutheran Cemetery	38.2781	-90.39539
Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery	38.26721	-90.49522
Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery	38.24921	-90.48131

Historical populated places — 2 of 2

Name	Lat	Lon
Engle	38.32144	-90.39929
Lakeside	38.45283	-90.3404

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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