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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." |
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Barton County, Missouri
Barton County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Lamar
Year Organized: 1855
Square Miles: 594
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Court House: 1004 Gulf Street
County Courthouse
Lamar, MO 64759-1466
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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:
Cities and Towns:
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- Asbury |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Barton City |
township |
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- Burgess |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Central |
township |
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- City |
township |
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- Doylesport |
township |
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- Golden City |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Lamar
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Lamar Heights |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Leroy |
township |
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- Liberal |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Milford |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Mindenmines |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Nashville |
township |
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- Newport |
township |
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- Northfork |
township |
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- South West |
township |
County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
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." |
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