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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
County and is referred to as a "city not within a county." |
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Dade County, Missouri
Dade County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Greenfield
Year Organized: 1841
Square Miles: 490
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Court House: Main Street
County Courthouse
Greenfield, MO 65661
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Named for Francis L. Dade, pioneer settler.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
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History of Dade County
Dade County was set apart from Polk and Barry Counties by a Formative Act of January 29, 1841. This formation was
followed by an Approval Act of February 15, 1841. These acts were followed by a Limiting Act of March 29, 1845, in which
ten miles was taken off of the north and given to Cedar County, and nine miles from the south end added to Lawrence
County. The county was named for Francis L. Dade, a Virginian, who became a lieutenant, captain, and brevet-major in the
United States Army. He was killed in a treacherous attack by the Seminole Indians in 1835, near Fort King, Florida.
(Colonel William F. Switzler; Missouri (16), p. 445; Session Laws 1840-1841)
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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- Arcola |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Cedar |
township |
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- Dadeville |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Ernest |
township |
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- Everton |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Grant |
township |
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- Greenfield
(County
Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Lockwood |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- North |
township |
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- North Morgan |
township |
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- Pilgrim |
township |
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- Rock Prairie |
township |
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- Sac |
township |
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- Smith |
township |
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- South |
township |
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- South Greenfield |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- South Morgan |
township |
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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