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LACLEDE COUNTY, situated in the south part of Missouri. Area, --------- square miles. Seat of justice, Cave Spring. Pop. in 1850, 2,498. (Fanning's, 1853)

LA CLEDE, formerly Kinderhook, a county in the S. central part of Missouri, has an area of 750 square miles. It is intersected in the E. part by Gasconade river and its Osage fork, and also drained by the Niangua and Auglaize rivers. The surface is uneven, and consists partly of prairies and partly of forests of hard timber ; the soil produces Indian corn, wheat, oats, and pasture for cattle. In 1850 there were raised 136,829 bushels of corn; 9601 of wheat; 18,672 of oats, and 30,975 pounds of butter were made. La Clede was formed a few years ago out of the W. part of Pulaski county, and named in honor of La Clede, the founder of St. Louis. County seat not located. Population, 2498; of whom 2348 are free, and 140, slaves.  (Baldwin & Thomas, A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States ... 1854)

Total Population 1850
2498
Total Population 1860
5182
Free Black Population 1860
2
Free Black Population 1850
1
Enslaved Population 1860
205
Enslaved Population 1850
140
Presidential Election Result 1852
Democrat
Presidential Election Result 1856
Democrat
Presidential Election Result 1860
Constitutional Union (1860)
Presidential Election Result 1864
Unconditional Union (1864)
Latitude
37.659690
Longitude
-92.594832
Type
County
County
Laclede
State
Missouri