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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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Christian County, Missouri
Christian County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Ozark
Year Organized: 1859
Square Miles: 563 |
Court House: 100 West Church Street
Room 100
County Courthouse
Ozark, MO 65721-6901
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Named for William Christian, Kentucky Revolutionary War soldier.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History of Christian County
Organized March 8, 1859, from portions of Greene, Webster, and Taney Counties. It is said to have been named
Christian from the county of that name in Kentucky and at the request of an old lady, Mrs. Tom Nervis, who had lived in
the Kentucky county. (John Rogers; Eaton (46) II, p. 275)
Source: Bell, Margaret E. "Place Names In The Southwest Border Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1933.
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Billings |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Clever |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Fremont Hills |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Highlandville |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Nixa |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Ozark
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Sparta |
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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