18-743: Clarksville Historic District may refer to: Clarksville Historic District (Clarksville, Missouri) , listed on the NRHP in Missouri Clarksville Historic District (Austin, Texas) , listed on the NRHP in Texas Clarksville Historic District (Clarksville, Virginia) , listed on the NRHP in Virginia See also [ edit ] Clarksville (disambiguation) Clarksville Architectural District , Clarksville, Tennessee,
36-578: A property in Pike County, Missouri on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Pike County, Missouri state location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Pike County, Missouri Pike County is a county on the eastern border of the U.S. state of Missouri , bounded by the Mississippi River . As of
54-487: A historic district listed on the NRHP in Montgomery County, Tennessee Clarksville Industrial District , Clarksville, Tennessee, a historic district listed on the NRHP in Montgomery County, Tennessee Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Clarksville Historic District . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
72-445: A household in the county was $ 32,373, and the median income for a family was $ 39,059. Males had a median income of $ 28,528 versus $ 19,426 for females. The per capita income for the county was $ 14,462. 15.50% of the population and 11.90% of families were below the poverty line . 20.20% of those under the age of 18 and 15.20% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line. The Republican Party predominantly controls politics at
90-399: Is a national historic district located at Clarksville , Pike County, Missouri . The district encompasses 65 contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Clarksville. It developed between about 1840 and 1930, and includes representative examples of Greek Revival , Italianate , and Queen Anne style architecture. Located in the district
108-580: Is a part of Missouri's 40th District in the Missouri House of Representatives and is represented by Chad Perkins (R- Bowling Green ). Pike County is a part of Missouri's 18th District in the Missouri Senate and is currently represented by Brian Munzlinger (R- Williamstown ). Pike County is included in Missouri's 6th Congressional District and is currently represented by Sam Graves (R- Tarkio ) in
126-589: Is land and 14 square miles (36 km ) (2.1%) is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 18,516 people, 6,451 households, and 4,476 families residing in the county. The population density was 27 people per square mile (10 people/km ). There were 7,493 housing units at an average density of 11 units per square mile (4.2/km ). The racial makeup of the county was 88.44% White , 9.17% Black or African American , 0.24% Native American , 0.15% Asian , 0.04% Pacific Islander , 0.92% from other races , and 1.04% from two or more races. Approximately 1.61% of
144-524: Is the separately listed Clifford-Wyrick House . Other notable buildings include the City Hall (1910), Sentinel Building (1867-1871), Clifford Banking Company (c. 1887), La Crosse Lumber Company (1923), Presbyterian Church, Methodist Church (1906), Masonic Temple (1903), and Clarksville Public Library (1910). It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. This article about
162-467: The 2020 census , the population was 17,587. Its county seat is Bowling Green . Its namesake was a city in middle Kentucky, a region from where many early migrants came. The county was organized December 14, 1818, and named for explorer Zebulon Pike . The folksong " Sweet Betsy from Pike " is generally thought to be associated with Pike County, Missouri. Pike County is said to be the home of Momo (The Missouri Monster) . The first reported sightings in
180-429: The 1970s were traced to various locations throughout the county. The first settler other than native americans was William Spencer in 1799. Spencer came for a salt spring now known as Spencer Lick to start a salt manufacturing business. The salt was made to be shipped to St. Louis, a new but growing town at the time. Spencer abandoned his business when unfriendly native americans became a threat to his safety. He relocated
198-516: The city marshall, Walter Meloan, on June 6, 1898, in Clarksville , a small town on the Mississippi River. Pike tied with Howard County, Missouri for the highest number of lynchings of African Americans in the state during this historical period. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 685 square miles (1,770 km ), of which 670 square miles (1,700 km )
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#1733085528047216-516: The county level in Pike County, with Republicans holding many of the elected positions, with exceptions as stated below. Note that, per the tables below, Republican Pike County voters prevailed in Missouri gubernatorial elections of 2016 and 2004, and came close to a tie for dominance in 2012, followed by a clear overtaking of county politics in 2016, in contrast with a tradition of nominal Democratic party affiliations of county-level officials. Pike County
234-465: The county to maintain what has been labeled by some as " white supremacy ". This occurred despite the fact that key US/Unionist military operations to control "Confederate" upstarts were launched from Pike County and had bases there. In a violent period near the turn of the 20th century, five African Americans were tragically lynched in Pike County between 1891 and 1914. Among those were Curtis and Sam Young, who were both lynched for allegedly murdering
252-515: The creation of Ralls and subsequent new counties including Marion, Lewis, Clark, Scotland, Knox, Shelby, and Monroe. The county was first settled by migrants from the Upper South. Some, though not all, were sympathetic to the Confederate cause in later decades. After the end of the post-Civil-War Reconstruction era , some of the county's inhabitants enforced Jim Crow laws and racial segregation in
270-444: The enterprise to Ralls County. The history of Pike County is complicated by the fact that at its establishment in 1818, it included today's boundaries plus all counties north of it, plus the counties bordering all of them on the west, in total over 6 or 7 times larger than its current size, and thus covering the northeast border area of today's State of Missouri. Pike county and the counties north of it were gradually reduced in size by
288-454: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clarksville_Historic_District&oldid=545648789 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Clarksville Historic District (Clarksville, Missouri) Clarksville Historic District
306-468: The population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 24.6% were of American , 24.5% German , 8.9% English and 8.5% Irish ancestry. There were 6,451 households, out of which 31.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.70% were married couples living together, 9.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.60% were non-families. 26.70% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.90% had someone living alone who
324-459: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.01. In the county, the population was spread out, with 23.40% under the age of 18, 9.10% from 18 to 24, 29.80% from 25 to 44, 22.80% from 45 to 64, and 15.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 119.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 123.80 males. The median income for
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