Cedar County
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CEDAR COUNTY is in west central Missouri, bounded on the north by St. Clair County; east by Polk County; south by Dade County; west by Barton and Vernon Counties. It has a land area of 301,000 acres.
The first settlement in the county was made by John Crisp, Robert Graham, Thomas English, and a man named Crump. They located on the Sac River, two miles east of the present Stockton on November 17, 1832.
In 1840, a forge and furnace were operated on the Little Sac River, but the enterprise was unprofitable owing to the difficulty of shipment, and the works were destroyed by the unpaid workmen and were never rebuilt.
The first school was taught by Andrew Stewart, in 1841, near Stockton. In 1898 there were eighty- seven schools.
Construction of the Stockton dam and reservoir by the U.S. Corps of Army Engineers in the late 1960s had a major impact on the county. The lake covered nearly half of the best bottom land and many farmers had to relocate. However, tourism zoomed, and many new residents chose to retire here.
Source: Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri
- History of the Cedar County Courthouse
- Cedar County Historical Society
- Cedar County Demographics
- Cedar County Agri-Facts
- Missouri State and County Agri-Facts
- State & County Census Bureau Quick Facts
- Stockton Lake Association
- Stockton R-1 School District Demographics
- El Dorado Springs School District Demographics
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University of Missouri Extension Cedar County cedarco@missouri.edu Heather Burns, Web Manager burnshe@missouri.edu Last revised: 05/23/2008 |
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