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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."

Cooper County, Missouri

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

County Seat: Boonville
Year Organized: 1818
Square Miles: 565

Court House:

200 Main Street
County Courthouse
Boonville, MO 65233-1276

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Named for Sarshel (Benjamin) Cooper, pioneer settler.

Demographics:

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History of Cooper County

Cooper County was organized on December 18, 1818, and "named for Sarshell Cooper, who was killed by an Indian in Cooper's Fort opposite Arrow Rock. One wall of Cooper's log cabin formed a part of the wall of the fort. The Indian stealthily, in a rain or snow storm, removed a part of the chinking, and through the opening, shot Cooper while sitting by the fire with a child on his lap. The child was uninjured." (D.W. Eaton, X, p. 280; HIST. MISSOURI, p. 197; Gannett, p. 91; Barns, p. 196)

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:

- Blackwater	city	Incorporated Area
- Boonville (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Bunceton	city	Incorporated Area
- Otterville	city	Incorporated Area
- Pilot Grove	city	Incorporated Area
- Prairie Home	city	Incorporated Area
- Wooldridge	village	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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County Resources

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