ABOUT

Higginsville is a city in Lafayette County, Missouri. The population was 4,797 at the 2010 census.Higginsville was founded in 1869 and named for Harvey Higgins, who owned the town site.The town has always had a strong farming heritage.According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.83 square miles (9.92 km²), of which, 3.80 square miles (9.84 km²) is land and 0.03 square miles (0.08 km²) is water.