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Pike CountyMissouri

Pike County is a county in Missouri with its seat in Bowling Green. It was formed in 1819 from St. Charles County and named after Zebulon Pike.

  • Founded1819
  • County seatBowling Green
  • Named forZebulon Pike
  • Land area670 sq mi + 14 sq mi water
  • Population17,587 2020 Census
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Where it is

Pike on the map of Missouri

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History

Formed in 1819 from St. Charles County

An old deed may name a county that no longer exists, or a boundary that has since moved.

Pike County was created by the Missouri Territory in 1819 from St. Charles County, and initially included land in present-day Iowa. In 1821, the county lost territory to the creation of Chariton County and Ralls County, and was eliminated from Iowa. Pike further lost land to Ralls County in 1829.

Boundary changes from the Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

  1. 1819
    Pike County created Pike created from St. Charles.
    from St. Charles
    · Mo. Terr. Laws 1818-1819, ch. 231, secs. 1, 8/pp. 585-588
  2. 1821
    Lost territory Pike lost to creation of Ralls, Chariton, and Non-County Area 9, and lost to Non-County Area 2.
    to Rallsto Chariton
    · Mo. Laws 1820-1821, ch. 12, secs. 1, 4/pp. 17-18 and ch. 14, secs. 1-5/pp. 21-26
  3. 1829
    Lost territory Pike lost to Ralls.
    to Ralls
    · Mo. Laws 1828-1829, ch. 60, sec. 1/p. 72

Land and parcels

What the maps cover in Pike

Who publishes each layer, how good it is, and when we last checked.

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Missing
nothing public found yet

People and land

Pike by the Census

Population
17,587 2020 Census count
Housing units
7,603 2020 Census count
Land area
670 square miles
Water area
14 square miles
People per sq mi
26 population ÷ land area

Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Census; US Census Bureau, 2020 Gazetteer Files. Not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Rules and offices

Who to ask before you build, dig or sell

Official county pages only. We link to them; we do not copy them, because they change.

Inside a city or town, permits usually come from that city rather than the county.

Records

Zoning and code

County government

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Questions

Common questions about Pike County

When was Pike County founded?
Pike County was founded in 1819, formed from St. Charles County, and named after Zebulon Pike.
What is the county seat of Pike County?
The county seat of Pike County is Bowling Green.
Is there an online parcel map for Pike County?
Not that we have found yet. Lot lines and owners of record are kept by the assessor's office. When a public parcel map appears, it shows here.
Has Pike County's boundary or name changed?
Pike County was created in 1819 from St. Charles County. Since then the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries records 2 later changes, chiefly involving Ralls County and Chariton County.
Is my lot in a flood zone?
We do not have flood maps for Pike County yet. Look up the address on FEMA's Flood Map Service Center, which shows the effective flood map for any lot.

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