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Missouri Counties

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Missouri Counties

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."

Barton County, Missouri

Barton County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Lamar
Year Organized: 1855
Square Miles: 594

Court House:

1004 Gulf Street
County Courthouse
Lamar, MO 64759-1466

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Named for David Barton, United States senator.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History of Barton County

Established by an act of the legislature on December 12, 1855. It was named by George E. Ward, the man who owned the site of Lamar and helped to build the city, for United States Senator David Barton, who was elected October 2, 1820 in a joint session of the legislature on first ballot, "viva voce," and served until 1830. (Session Acts 1854- 1855; E.L. Moore)

Source: Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930.

Neighboring Counties:

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Cities and Towns:

- Asbury	city	Incorporated Area
- Barton City	township
- Burgess	town	Incorporated Area
- Central	township
- City	township
- Doylesport	township
- Golden City	city	Incorporated Area
- Lamar (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Lamar Heights	city	Incorporated Area
- Leroy	township
- Liberal	city	Incorporated Area
- Milford	village	Incorporated Area
- Mindenmines	city	Incorporated Area
- Nashville	township
- Newport	township
- Northfork	township
- South West	township

County Resources:

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County Resources

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Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally."