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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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Caldwell County, Missouri
Caldwell County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Kingston
Year Organized: 1836
Square Miles: 429 |
Court House: P.O. Box 67
County Courthouse
Kingston, MO 64650-0067
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
According to Floyd C. Shoemaker, Doniphan probably referred to Colonel John Caldwell, the famous soldier for whom Caldwell County, Kentucky was named. Mathew Caldwell has also been cited as the man for whom the Missouri county was named.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
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History of Caldwell County
This county was organized December 29, 1836 from a part of Ray. It was named by General Alexander M. Doniphan in honor
of Matthew Caldwell, commander of Indian Scouts in Kentucky. General Doniphan's father, Joseph Doniphan, had belonged to
Captain Caldwell's Indian Scouts and had often spoke of Captain Caldwell as a brave and gallant soldier. (BOONVILLE
WEEKLY ADV., Nov. 10, 1911, p. 2; Eaton, p. 265; SESSION LAWS, 1841, p. 47; HIST. OF CALD & DAV., 1886, p. 105; Parker,
p. 200)
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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- Braymer |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Breckenridge |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Cowgill |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Gomer |
township |
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- Grant |
township |
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- Hamilton |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Kidder |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Kingston
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Mirabile |
township |
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- New York |
township |
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- Polo |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Rockford |
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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