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Missouri Counties
Missouri (/mɨˈzɝi/ or /məˈzɝə/ is a state in the Midwestern region
of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska.
Missouri is the 18th most populous state. It comprises 114 counties and one independent city. Missouri's capital is
Jefferson City. The four largest urban areas are, in descending order, St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield, and
Columbia. Missouri was originally acquired from France as part of the Louisiana Purchase and became defined as the
Missouri Territory. Part of the Missouri Territory was admitted into the union as the 24th state in 1821.
Missouri has 114 counties and one independent city. St. Louis City is separate from St. Louis County and is referred to as a "city not within a county."
Missouri gets its name from a tribe of Sioux Indians of the state called the Missouris. The word "Missouri" often has been construed to mean "muddy water" but the Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology has stated it means "town of the large canoes," and authorities have said the Indian syllables from which the word comes mean "wooden canoe people" or "he of the big canoe.
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