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St. Charles County, Missouri

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
40historic places
—earliest paper
1804formed
405,262pop. 2020
33cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 40 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1969. Most listings are in or near St. Charles, Augusta, Defiance.

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 St. Charles titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

28 of 40 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

40 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
African ChurchSt. CharlesBuilding1980
Augusta Harmonie VereinAugustaBuilding1995
Boone, Daniel, HouseDefianceBuilding1973
Commons Neighborhood Historic DistrictSt. CharlesDistrict2017
Ewich, Robert, FarmsteadAugustaBuilding1995
Farris, Charles McLee, HouseAugustaBuilding1995
First Missouri State Capitol BuildingsSt. CharlesBuilding1969
Frenchtown Historic DistrictSt. CharlesDistrict1991
Gerling, Dr. C. L., HouseAugustaBuilding1995
Harold-Knoernschild Farmstead Historic DistrictAugustaDistrict1994
Hays, Daniel Boone, HouseDefianceBuilding1973
Lindenwood HallSt. CharlesBuilding1978
Lindenwood Neighborhood Historic DistrictSt. CharlesDistrict2016
Link, Oliver L. and Catherine, HouseSt. CharlesBuilding2013
Marten-Becker HouseSt. CharlesBuilding1979
McCormick, Isaac, HouseDefianceBuilding2004
Meier General StoreNew MelleBuilding2002
Midtown Neighborhood Historic DistrictSt. CharlesDistrict2014
Mindrup House-StoreAugustaBuilding1995
Mt. Pleasant Winery Historic DistrictAugustaDistrict1994
Newbill-McElhiney HouseSt. CharlesBuilding1972
Old City HallSt. CharlesBuilding1980
Sage Chapel CemeteryO'FallonSite2018
Schroer, J. F., House-StoreAugustaBuilding1995
Sehrt, August, HouseAugustaBuilding1994
St. Charles Historic DistrictSt. CharlesDistrict1970
St. Charles Historic District (Boundary Increase II)St. CharlesDistrict1991
St. Charles Historic District (Boundary Increase III)St. CharlesDistrict1996
St. Charles Historic District (Boundary Increase)St. CharlesDistrict1987
St. Charles Odd Fellows HallSt. CharlesBuilding1987
St. Mary's Institute of O'FallonO'FallonDistrict2007
St. Paul's ChurchNew MelleBuilding1982
Staudinger-Grumke House-StoreAugustaBuilding1992
Stone RowSt. CharlesBuilding1969
Stumberg, Dr. John H., HouseSt. CharlesBuilding1978
Walnut Street Historic DistrictAugustaDistrict1994
Watson, Samuel Stewart, HouseSt. CharlesBuilding1982
Wentzville Tobacco Company FactoryWentzvilleBuilding1990
Westhoff Grain and Mercantile CompanyO'FallonBuilding2025
Wolf-Ruebeling HouseDefianceBuilding1983

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

St. Charles was formed in 1804 (1804-10-01) from unknown / original county.

St. Charles District (now ST. CHARLES) created within the District of Louisiana.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

St. Charles County population from 1810 to 2020 (Census historical series).

405k204k3,5051810184018801920196020002020
1810182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
3,5053,9707,91116,52323,06524,47422,82825,56229,83452,970144,107283,883405,262

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

33 cemeteries and 4 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 33 of 33 listed
NameLatLon
Assumption Cemetery38.81411-90.70163
Bailey Cemetery38.85143-90.20955
Barweis Cemetery38.91139-90.41638
Borromeo Cemetery38.80421-90.48983
Cottleville Cemetery38.74334-90.65367
Dardenne Cemetery38.73996-90.7673
Emmaus Cemetery38.80656-90.4879
Espedeza Cemetery38.85199-90.17899
Francis Howell Cemetery38.71588-90.74429
Friedens Cemetery38.70838-90.88818
Friedens German - English Evangelical Cemetery38.66773-90.73128
Hopewell Missionary Baptist Cemetery38.76151-90.82402
Immaculate Conception Cemetery38.87393-90.22594
Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery38.77599-90.49336
Journey Cemetery38.70769-90.81844
Linn Cemetery38.80421-90.85291
Methodist Cemetery38.77615-90.50762
Mount Zion Cemetery38.78834-90.69915
Oak Grove Cemetery38.78639-90.52162
Old City Cemetery (historical)NoneNone
Pauldingville Cemetery38.77421-90.95142
Pitman Cemetery38.74953-90.68508
Sage Chapel Cemetery38.80005-90.69472
Saint Francis Cemetery38.92671-90.34928
Saint John Cemetery38.77423-90.49382
Saint John United Church of Christs Cemetery38.74355-90.6517
Saint Patrick Church Cemetery38.8083-90.85468
Saint Pauls Cemetery38.70838-90.88763
Saint Peters Cemetery38.77677-90.49485
Sainte Philippine Cimetiere38.71967-90.60065
Sisters of the Most Precious Blood Cemetery38.81281-90.69773
Thomas Howell Cemetery38.70269-90.71005
Wolf Cemetery38.73504-90.65234
Historical populated places — 4 of 4
NameLatLon
Beckett38.94283-90.43456
Dartmound38.56811-90.9018
Howell38.69339-90.76596
Kic-ka-poo Village38.85861-90.20287

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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