The famous person Thomas Gaunt is associated with one of more of the Nodaway County historic places.
Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Nodaway County places including Eckel & Mann, H.L. & Co. Foster, R.K. Allen, Joseph Castillo, Caleb P. Burns, Theodore Scott, J.H. and Co Felt and D.E. and Co Marshall. Prominent architectural styles found in Nodaway Country are Italianate, Art Deco and Late Gothic Revival.