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Finding Aid 5.14

Office of Secretary of State

Commissions

Special Census Enumerations, 1867-

Abstract:  Special census enumerations (1867-2004) taken to determine the population of towns or cities in Missouri when a substantial increase or decrease occurred since the previous federal census.

Extent:  1.6 cubic ft. (4 legal-size Hollinger box)

Physical Description:  Paper

Location:  MSA 16B/1/3

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Access Restrictions:  No special restrictions.

Publication Restrictions:  Copyright is in the public domain. Items reproduced for publication should carry the credit line: Courtesy of the Missouri State Archives.

Preferred Citation:  [Town], [year]; Special Census Enumerations, 1867- ; Commissions; Office of Secretary of State, Record Group 5; Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City.

Acquisition Information:  Agency transfer. Various accessions.

Processing Information:  Processing done by various staff members. Rearranged in chronological order to facilitate additional accessions. Finding aid completed by Mary Kay Coker on August 1, 2002.

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

Whenever a town or city in Missouri believes its population has substantially increased or decreased since the last federal census, its governing body may request the governor of Missouri to order a special census (Missouri Revised Statutes Section 71.160). The governor will then appoint a census taker or supervisor, who takes an oath office and then conducts the census, often with the help of several enumerators. After the completion of the census, the census taker or supervisor certifies the results to the secretary of state of Missouri (Missouri Revised Statutes Section 71.170). This population figure becomes the legal census for all purposes for that town or city.

SPECIAL CENSUS ENUMERATIONS, 1867-2004

Arrangement:   Chronologically by year of census and thereunder alphabetically. When census year is unknown, arranged by year of document in the file.

Scope and Content

Special census enumeration files may include one or more of the following records: correspondence from the town asking for special census, often with a copy of the town ordinance or resolution to that effect; order from the governor for a special census; appointment by the governor of a census taker or supervisor; oath and/or commission of census taker or supervisor; and certificate of results of census. Occasionally a copy of the actual census is enclosed; these files are listed with an asterisk (*).

Container List

Location

Box

Folder

Date

Contents

16B/1/3

1

A

1867

Jefferson City

16B/1/3

1

1

1887

Nevada

16B/1/3

1

2

1889

Moberly

16B/1/3

1

3

1889

Sedalia

16B/1/3

1

4

1889

Springfield

16B/1/3

1

5

1890

De Soto

16B/1/3

1

6

1890

Joplin

16B/1/3

1

7

1895

Joplin

16B/1/3

1

8

1903

Cape Girardeau

16B/1/3

1

9

1904

Cape Girardeau

16B/1/3

1

10

1904

Lexington

16B/1/3

1

11

1904

Moberly

16B/1/3

1

12

1904

Springfield

16B/1/3

1

13

1905

Alba

16B/1/3

1

14

1905

Braymer

16B/1/3

1

15

1905

Elvins

16B/1/3

1

16

1905

Independence

16B/1/3

1

17

1905

LaBelle

16B/1/3

1

18

1905

Webb City

16B/1/3

1

19

1906

Cape Girardeau

16B/1/3

1

20

1906

Elsberry*

16B/1/3

1

21

1906

Jackson

16B/1/3

1

22

1906

Jefferson City

16B/1/3

1

23

1906

New Haven

16B/1/3

1

24

1906

Novinger*

16B/1/3

1

25

1906

Parkville

16B/1/3

1

26

1906

Sikeston

16B/1/3

1

27

1906

University City (includes printed map)

16B/1/3

1

28

1907

Independence

16B/1/3

1

29

1907

Jefferson City

16B/1/3

1

30

1907

Maysville

16B/1/3

1

31

1907

Oran

16B/1/3

1

32

1907

Savannah

16B/1/3

1

33

1908

Carthage

16B/1/3

1

34

1908

Chaffee

16B/1/3

1

35

1908

Elvins

16B/1/3

1

36

1908

Flat River

16B/1/3

1

37

1908

Liberal*

16B/1/3

1

38

1908

Portageville

16B/1/3

1

39

1909

Carthage

16B/1/3

1

40

1909

Centralia*

16B/1/3

1

41

1909

Fredericktown

16B/1/3

1

42

1909

Kennett

16B/1/3

1

43

1909

Malden

16B/1/3

1

44

1909

Piedmont

16B/1/3

1

45

1909

St. James

16B/1/3

1

46

1910

Cardwell

16B/1/3

1

47

1910

Chaffee

16B/1/3

1

48

1910

King City

16B/1/3

1

49

1911

Belton*

16B/1/3

1

50

1911

Campbell

16B/1/3

1

51

1911

Humansville*

16B/1/3

1

52

1911

Independence

16B/1/3

1

53

1911

New London

16B/1/3

1

54

1911

Purcell

16B/1/3

1

55

1912

Bevier

16B/1/3

1

56

1912

Cainsville

16B/1/3

1

57

1912

Lockwood

16B/1/3

1

58

1912

Plattsburg

16B/1/3

1

59

1912

Sullivan

16B/1/3

1

60

1913

Carthage

16B/1/3

1

61

1913

Clayton

16B/1/3

1

62

1913

Parma

16B/1/3

1

63

1914

Illmo

16B/1/3

1

64

1914

Liberal

16B/1/3

1

65

1915

Carthage

16B/1/3

1

66

1915

Gallatin*

16B/1/3

2

1

1916

Bernie

16B/1/3

2

2

1916

Cape Girardeau

16B/1/3

2

3

1916

Carthage

16B/1/3

2

4

1916

La Plata

16B/1/3

2

5

1916

Newburg

16B/1/3

2

6

1916

Republic*

16B/1/3

2

7

1916

Richland*

16B/1/3

2

8

1917

Bismarck

16B/1/3

2

9

1917

Columbia

16B/1/3

2

10

1917

Liberal

16B/1/3

2

11

1917

Union

16B/1/3

2

12

1919

Richmond Heights

16B/1/3

2

13

1920

Richland*

16B/1/3

2

14

1920

Shrewsbury Park

16B/1/3

2

15

1922

St. Clair

16B/1/3

2

16

1922

Sugar Creek*

16B/1/3

2

17

1922

Webster Groves

16B/1/3

2

18

1924

Ash Grove

16B/1/3

2

19

1924

Bismarck

16B/1/3

2

20

1924

Lockwood

16B/1/3

2

21

1925

Joplin

16B/1/3

2

22

1926

St. Clair

16B/1/3

2

23

1926

Shrewsbury

16B/1/3

2

24

1927

Belton*

16B/1/3

2

25

1928

Steele

16B/1/3

2

26

1929

Grandview*

16B/1/3

2

27

1930

Lathrop*

16B/1/3

2

28

1930

Lilbourn*

16B/1/3

2

29

1931

Higbee*

16B/1/3

2

30

1931

Maysville*

16B/1/3

2

31

1931

Novinger

16B/1/3

2

32

1931

Oran*

16B/1/3

2

33

1931

St. John's

16B/1/3

2

34-36

1933

Carthage*

16B/1/3

2

37

1933

Ladue

16B/1/3

3

1

1934

Camdenton

16B/1/3

3

2

1934

Clayton

16B/1/3

3

3

1934

Kahoka

16B/1/3

3

4

1935

Braymer

16B/1/3

3

5

1935

Richmond Heights

16B/1/3

3

6

1937

Camdenton

16B/1/3

3

7

1937

Richland

16B/1/3

3

8

1938

Malden

16B/1/3

3

9

1939

Berkeley

16B/1/3

3

9-A

1941

Humansville

16B/1/3

3

10

1942

Joplin

16B/1/3

3

11

1943

Anderson*

16B/1/3

3

12

1944

Belton

16B/1/3

3

13

1946

Iberia*

16B/1/3

3

14

1947

Mansfield*

16B/1/3

3

15

1948

Sycamore Hills

16B/1/3

3

16

1954

Berkeley

16B/1/3

3

17

1954

Platte Woods

16B/1/3

3

18

1955

Belton

16B/1/3

3

19

1955

Potosi

16B/1/3

3

20

1957

Bel-Ridge

16B/1/3

3

21

1957

Rock Hill

16B/1/3

3

22

1958

Huntleigh

16B/1/3

3

23

1958

Union

16B/1/3

3

24

1961

Cabool

16B/1/3

3

25

1962

Bridgeton

16B/1/3

3

26

1962

Holliday

16B/1/3

3

27

1962

Renick

16B/1/3

3

28

1962

St. Ann

16B/1/3

3

29

1962

Sugar Creek

16B/1/3

3

30

1962

Washburn*

16B/1/3

3

31

1963

Aurora

16B/1/3

3

32

1963

Catron*

16B/1/3

3

33

1963

Diamond

16B/1/3

3

34

1963

Houston

16B/1/3

3

35

1963

Howardville*

16B/1/3

3

36

1963

Independence

16B/1/3

3

37

1963

St. Elizabeth

16B/1/3

3

38

1964

Macon

16B/1/3

3

39

1964

Oak Grove

16B/1/3

3

40

1964

Senath

16B/1/3

3

41

1965

Ava

16B/1/3

3

42

1965

Belle

16B/1/3

3

43

1965

Farber

16B/1/3

3

44

1965

Holcomb*

16B/1/3

3

45

1965

Richmond

16B/1/3

3

46

1965

Troy

16B/1/3

3

47

1966

Malden

16B/1/3

3

48

1967

Oak Grove

16B/1/3

3

49

1967

Stoutland

16B/1/3

3

50

1967

Willard

16B/1/3

3

51

1968

Hazelwood

16B/1/3

3

52

1968

Lake Winnebago

16B/1/3

3

53

1969

Ballwin

16B/1/3

3

54

1969

Bellefontaine Neighbors

16B/1/3

3

55

1969

Breckenridge Hills

16B/1/3

3

56

1969

Bridgeton

16B/1/3

3

57

1969

Dellwood

16B/1/3

3

58

1969

Des Peres

16B/1/3

3

59

1969

Edmundson

16B/1/3

3

60

1969

Ellisville

16B/1/3

3

61

1969

Frontenac

16B/1/3

3

62

1969

Gainesville

16B/1/3

3

63

1969

Grantwood Village

16B/1/3

3

64

1969

Overland

16B/1/3

3

65

1969

Riverview

16B/1/3

3

66

1969

St. George

16B/1/3

3

67

1969

St. John

16B/1/3

3

68

1969

Vinita Park

16B/1/3

3

69

1970

Creve Coeur

16B/1/3

3

70

1970

Eureka

16B/1/3

3

71

1970

Florissant

16B/1/3

3

72

1970

Ladue

16B/1/3

3

73

1970

Olivette

16B/1/3

3

74

1970

Woodson Terrace

16B/1/3

3

75

1972

Herculaneum

16B/1/3

3

76

1972

Parkville

16B/1/3

3

77

1973

Barnett*

16B/1/3

3

78

1973

Bunker

16B/1/3

3

79

1973

St. James

16B/1/3

3

80

1974

Kimberling City*

16B/1/3

3

81

1974

Osage Beach

16B/1/3

3

82

1974

Potosi

16B/1/3

3

83

1975

Belton

16B/1/3

3

84

1975

Taneyville*

16B/1/3

3

85

1975

Times Beach

16B/1/3

4

1

1976

Lake Winnebago

16B/1/3

4

2

1976

Nixa*

16B/1/3

4

3

1976

Republic

16B/1/3

4

4

1976

Savannah

16B/1/3

4

5

1977

Platte Woods

16B/1/3

4

6

2004

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