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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."

Cass County, Missouri

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

County Seat: Harrisonville
Year Organized: 1835
Square Miles: 699

Court House:

102 East Wall Street
County Courthouse
Harrisonville, MO 64701-2478

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Named for Lewis Cass, Michigan senator and presidential candidate.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History of Cass County (earlier Van Buren County)

Located on the western boundary of the state, with Jackson County on the north, Henry and Johnson Counties on the east, Bates on the south, and Johnson and Miami Counties of Kansas on the west. In the progressive organization of Missouri, the territory now forming Cass County was included in the boundaries of Howard (1816), then in Cooper (1818), then in Lillard (1820), then in Jackson (1825), and finally separated and organized as Van Buren County (q.v.) in 1835. In 1849 the name Van Buren was changed to Cass, in honor of General Lewis Cass (1782-1866). The change was due to political antangonism: in the campaign of 1848, Cass was the Democratic nominee for President, running against Van Buren; and the General Assembly of Missouri was strongly Democratic. In 1851, Cass County was diminished in size by the cutting off of Bates County (q.v.). (HIST. CASS & BATES (1883), 91-94)

Source: Johnson, Bernice E. "Place Names In Six Of The West Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933.

Neighboring Counties:

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Cities and Towns:

- Archie	city	Incorporated Area
- Baldwin Park	village	Incorporated Area
- Belton	city	Incorporated Area
- Cleveland	city	Incorporated Area
- Creighton	city	Incorporated Area
- East Lynne	city	Incorporated Area
- Freeman	city	Incorporated Area
- Garden City	city	Incorporated Area
- Gunn City	village	Incorporated Area
- Harrisonville (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- La Tour	village	Incorporated Area
- Lake Annette	city	Incorporated Area
- Loch Lloyd	village	Incorporated Area
- Peculiar	city	Incorporated Area
- Pleasant Hill	city	Incorporated Area
- Raymore	city	Incorporated Area
- Strasburg	city	Incorporated Area
- West Line	village	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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County Resources

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