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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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Clay County, Missouri
Clay County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Liberty
Year Organized: 1822
Square Miles: 396 |
Court House: Courthouse Square
County Courthouse
Liberty, MO 64068-2365
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Named for Henry Clay, Kentucky congressman.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
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History of Clay County
This county was formed from Ray County, January 2, 1822. At that time it had its present south, east, and west
boundaries, but on the north it extended to the Iowa line. In January, 1883 it was reduced to its present size, when all
the territory north of its present north boundary was organized under the name of Clinton County. Today the northern
boundary is Clinton. Clinton was reduced to its present size in 1845. The eastern boundary of Clay is Ray, the south
Jackson, from which it is separated by the Missouri River, and the west Platte. The name was given in honor of Henry
Clay (1777-1852) the "brilliant and coming statesman of Kentucky." (LAWS OF MISSOURI 1822, 60; ATLAS CLAY 1877, 9; HIST.
CLAY & PLATTE 1886, 98)
Source: Atchison, Anne. "Place Names Of Five West Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1937.
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Avondale |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Birmingham |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Claycomo |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Crystal Lakes |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Excelsior Springs |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Gladstone |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Glenaire |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Holt |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Kansas City |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Kearney |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Liberty
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Missouri City |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Mosby |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- North Kansas City |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Oaks |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Oakview |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Oakwood |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Oakwood Park |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Pleasant Valley |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Randolph |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Smithville |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Woods Heights |
city |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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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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