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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."

 

 

 
 

Cole County, Missouri

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

 

County Seat: Jefferson City
Year Organized: 1820
Square Miles: 392
Court House:

301 East High
County Courthouse
Jefferson City, MO 65101

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Named for Stephen Cole, pioneer settler and Indian fighter.

 

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History of Cole County

Cole County was organized November 16, 1820, and named in honor of Captain Stephen Cole, "an Indian fighter and pioneer settler, who built Cole's Fort near Booneville." (Eaton, p. 278; Campbell, p. 165; Parker, p. 233; Gannett, p. 87)


Source: Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1928.
 

 

Neighboring Counties:
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Cities and Towns:
- Centertown town Incorporated Area
- Eugene township  
- Honey Creek township  
- Jefferson City (County Seat) city Incorporated Area
- Lohman city Incorporated Area
- Marion township  
- Russellville city Incorporated Area
- St. Martins city Incorporated Area
- St. Thomas town Incorporated Area
- Taos city Incorporated Area
- Wardsville village 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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