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Washington County, Missouri

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11historic places

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1813formed

23,514pop. 2020

90cemeteries

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At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 11 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970. Most listings are in or near Caledonia, Potosi, Fertile.

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

2 of 11 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

11 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Caledonia Historic District	Caledonia	District	1986
Cresswell Petroglyph Archeological Site	Fertile	Site	1971
Cresswell, George, Furnace	Potosi	Structure	1988
Land Archeological Site	Caledonia	Site	1972
Lost Creek Pictograph Archeological Site	Caledonia	Site	1971
Palmer Historic Mining District	Potosi	District	2010
Queen, Harrison, House	Caledonia	Building	2002
Susan Cave (23WA190)	Shirley	Site	1989
Washington County Courthouse	Potosi	Building	2011
Washington State Park CCC Historic District	Potosi	District	1985
Washington State Park Petroglyph Archeological Site	Fertile	Site	1970

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Washington was formed in 1813 (1813-11-01) from St.

WASHINGTON created from ST. LOUIS and STE. GENEVIEVE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
2,769	7,213	9,723	12,896	14,263	13,803	17,492	14,689	14,346	17,983	23,344	23,514

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

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

Cemeteries — 80 of 90 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Anthonies Mill Cemetery	38.09174	-91.08588
Antioch Cemetery	37.78005	-91.00577
Aquilla Cole Cemetery	37.97004	-90.71262
Arnold Cemetery	38.1881	-90.87541
Asplin Cemetery	38.18282	-90.87151
Barlow Cemetery	38.0099	-90.6789
Bates Creek Cemetery	37.90254	-90.81957
Belgrade Methodist Cemetery	37.78639	-90.84663
Bellevue Presbyterian Cemetery	37.76971	-90.76183
Bennett Bryan Cemetery	37.80989	-90.83511
Big River Cemetery	37.80919	-90.68785
Blount Cemetery	37.89752	-90.95712
Boas Cemetery	37.93754	-90.72846
Brick Cemetery	37.97181	-90.70348
Caledonia Methodist Cemetery	37.779	-90.77567
Calvary Cemetery	37.93922	-90.79423
Carson Cemetery	37.77945	-90.84069
Chadbourne Cemetery	37.93634	-90.78293
City Cemetery	37.93808	-90.78934
Cresswell - Matthews Cemetery	37.9104	-91.034
Davis Cemetery	37.76423	-90.72311
Davis Cemetery	37.81679	-90.83893
Dry Branch Cemetery	38.14643	-90.92207
Emily Cemetery	38.1556	-90.85291
Fourche a Renault Cemetery	38.01224	-90.90281
Furnace Creek Cemetery	37.84408	-90.78285
Goff Cemetery	38.01949	-90.69012
Grassy Hollow Baptist Church Cemetery	37.90307	-90.95503
Griggs Cemetery	38.08448	-90.95068
Hazel Creek Cemetery	37.82448	-90.94401
Hickory Grove Cemetery	37.79838	-90.66179
Higginbotham Cemetery	38.04765	-90.86117
High Point - Missionary Ridge Cemetery	37.87909	-90.87857
Horine Cemetery	38.15477	-90.82179
Horton Cemetery	37.76714	-90.89729
Huff Cemetery	37.90171	-90.6604
Hughes Cemetery	37.8081	-90.70012
Jane Bryan Cemetery	37.79006	-90.8338
Jarvis Farm Cemetery	37.96011	-90.65915
Jenkins Family Cemetery	37.81388	-90.92702
Jinkerson Cemetery	37.78085	-91.05331
Jones Cemetery	38.20104	-90.7963
Joseph Chapel Cemetery	37.77934	-91.01041
Liberty Cemetery	38.04496	-90.90263
Lost Creek Cemetery	37.92286	-90.98624
Martin Cemetery	37.9814	-90.89405
Masonic Cemetery	38.05909	-90.65181
Mc Gready Family Cemetery	37.95318	-90.75331
McClain Cemetery	37.76422	-90.99422
Metcalf Cemetery	38.00495	-91.04328
New Hope Cemetery	38.1515	-90.9965
Nicholson Cemetery	37.96338	-90.85318
Old Baptist Church Cemetery	38.02177	-90.75632
Palmer Cemetery	37.83948	-90.99902
Pea Ridge Cemetery	38.18718	-91.03851
Perry - McGready Cemetery	37.93877	-90.79346
Pleasant Hill Cemetery	37.96949	-90.85013
Pond Creek Cemetery	37.93754	-90.69151
Potosi Colored Cemetery	37.94032	-90.78596
Potosi New Masonic Cemetery	37.93961	-90.79319
Potosi Old Masonic Cemetery	37.93639	-90.78621
Potosi Presbyterian Cemetery	37.93861	-90.78319
Redbud Memorial Gardens	37.94127	-90.81071
Saint James Catholic Cemetery	37.93916	-90.78377
Saint Joachim Cemetery Number 1	38.01615	-90.75957
Saint Joachim Cemetery Number 2	38.01365	-90.75874
Saint Joachim Cemetery Number 3	38.01477	-90.76318
Saint Joseph Cemetery	38.02088	-90.65651
Saint Stephens Cemetery	38.1589	-90.8365
Scott - Reynolds Cemetery	38.08559	-90.99597
Scott Cemetery	37.81621	-90.92999
Shirley Union Church Cemetery	37.91449	-90.9179
Silvey Cemetery	37.95252	-90.92998
Sitton Cemetery	37.82123	-90.96251
Smith Cemetery	38.09893	-90.93763
Souls Chapel Cemetery	38.02393	-90.88902
Stephens Cemetery	37.98476	-90.88902
Sunlight Cemetery	37.77832	-90.90026
Sunset Hill Cemetery	37.92504	-90.78262
Swan Cemetery	38.05909	-91.08073

Historical populated places — 3 of 3

Name	Lat	Lon
Adelbert	37.97088	-90.71013
Fourche a Renault	38.01338	-90.87763
White	37.97977	-90.70485

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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