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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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Cedar County, Missouri
Cedar County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Stockton
Year Organized: 1845
Square Miles: 476
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Court House: 113 South Street, PO Box 126
County Courthouse
Stockton, MO 65785-0126
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Named for its abundance of cedar trees.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History of Cedar County
Cedar County was named from Cedar Creek (q.v.). Eaton is mistaken when he says that the county took its name from its
main stream. Sac River is the main stream, as it runs entirely across the county from south to north. The upper half of
Cedar Creek lies in Dade County, while the lower half is in Cedar. He is right in the statement that cedars are along
its bluffs. That was true of most of the hill streams in the early days. The county was organized February 14, 1845, by
an act of the Legislature. (Session Acts 1844-5; R.L. Myers)
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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- El Dorado Springs |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Jerico Springs |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Stockton
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Umber View Heights |
village |
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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