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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
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Buchanan County, Missouri
Buchanan County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Saint Joseph
Year Organized: 1838
Square Miles: 410
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Court House: 411 Jules Street
County Courthouse
Saint Joseph, MO 64501-1731
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Named for James Buchanan, senator from Pennsylvania and later United States president.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
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History of Buchanan County
Buchanan County was organized February 10, 1839, and named in honor of James Buchanan of Pennsylvania, who afterwards
became President of the United States. At that time he represented the United States at the Court of St. Petersburg and
was a popular idol at home. Formerly the county was known as Roberts County (q.v.). (Eaton, p. 263; Campbell, p. 73-4;
HIST. BUCHANAN 1881, p. 152; HIST. BUCHANAN & ST. JOSEPH, 1904, p. 25; BOONVILLE WEEKLY ADV., Nov. 10, 1911, p. 2)
Source: Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1929.
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Agency |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- De Kalb |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Easton |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Lewis and Clark Village |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Rushville |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- St. Joseph
(County
Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Taos |
city |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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Online High Schools
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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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