How is Blairstown run?
Blairstown’s city government spent $31,000 on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2022, about $326 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Blairstown didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Blairstown is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $326 per resident a year, or $0.89 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 16%.
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Blairstown didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for Blairstown yet
Every year of Blairstown’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the city reported none of its dollars for 2022. Estimates are shown above, labeled, but never ranked against places that reported or drawn as a trend.
How Town Hall compares budgets →Who’s in charge in Blairstown
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Sherwood Cass R-VIII School District
Blairstown’s K–12 school district, shared with Bogard Township, Creighton, Garden City, Urich, White Oak Township and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $11,293 per pupil, $6,497 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Missouri districts overall: 54% local, 35% state, 11% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Blairstown’s votes are counted by county
Missouri reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Blairstown alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Henry County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican75.8%8,286 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat23.2%2,535 votesOthers: 1.0% (111 votes).
Most votes in Henry County: Donald J Trump
Missouri: Trump 58.5%, Harris 40.1%
100% of Blairstown lies in Henry County. Every 2024 race in Henry County is on the county’s page.
Henry County’s 2024 results →Official 2024 general election returns, as certified (MIT Election Data + Science Lab). Percentages are of votes for candidates; blank and spoiled ballots aren’t counted. Candidates are listed by votes, and party colors are neutral on purpose.
Portraits: Kamala D Harris: official vice-presidential portrait, Lawrence Jackson, The White House, 2021; Donald J Trump: official portrait, Shealah Craighead, The White House, 2017. All are U.S. government works in the public domain. A race shows photos only when every candidate has an official portrait; otherwise every candidate in it gets initials.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Blairstown.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Missouri HouseState representatives
- 3Missouri SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Missouri
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
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Questions about Blairstown’s government
How much does Blairstown spend per resident?
About $326 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Blairstown didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $47,000.
Who runs Blairstown’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Blairstown yet.
How did Blairstown vote in 2024?
Missouri counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Blairstown alone. Henry County, where 100% of Blairstown lies, voted Trump 75.8%, Harris 23.2% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Blairstown?
0 full-time and 2 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $664 (about $7,968 a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Blairstown in the state legislature?
State Senate District 28 (Sandy Crawford) and State House District 126 (Jim Kalberloh). The House district also covers 37 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
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Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (for Blairstown, the Bureau’s estimates); day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →