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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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Callaway County, Missouri
Callaway County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Fulton
Year Organized: 1820
Square Miles: 839 |
Court House: 10 East 5th Street
County Courthouse
Fulton, MO 65251-1713
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Named for James Callaway, Missouri ranger killed by Indians in the War of 1812.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History of Callaway County
Settled by Captain Samuel Boone, nephew of Daniel Boone, in 1818, and organized as a county November 25, 1820. It was
named in honor of Captain James Callaway, grandson of Daniel Boone, and one of the leading men of his time in the state.
Captain Callaway met his death March 8, 1815 in Montgomery County, where he had led an attack on the Sacs and Foxes who
had stolen some horses from the settlers near Loutre Island. (HIST. CALLAWAY, p. 94; Eaton, p. 267; Campbell, p. 94)
Source: Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928.
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Auxvasse |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Fulton
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Holts Summit |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Kingdom City |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Mokane |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- New Bloomfield |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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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