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Audrain County, MissouriAudrain County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameNamed for James H. Audrain, Missouri legislator.
Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts History of Audrain County
Originally a part of St. Charles County and later of Pike County. Bounded on the north by Monroe and Ralls Counties; on the east by Pike and Montgomery; on the south by Montgomery, Callaway, and Boone; and on the west by Boone and Randolph. The boundaries were designated by an act of the state legislature on January 12, 1831, the county to be organized as soon as the population was such as to justify an organization and to be named Audrain for James H. Audrain, pioneer of St. Charles County and member of the state legislature of the Eighth District (Lincoln and St. Charles Counties) from 1830 until his death on November 10, 1831. The county was organized on December 17, 1836. (HIST. AUDRAIN, 95-6, State Laws, First Session of Sixth General Assembly, 1830-1831, 20, State Laws First Session of Ninth General Assembly, 1836- 1837, 44-45; Nesbit Livingston, William Vivion)
Source: Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933.
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