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Dallas County, MissouriDallas County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameOriginally organized as Niangua County in 1841; the name was changed to Dallas on December 16, 1844, due to the alleged difficulty in both spelling and pronouncing Niangua. Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts History of Dallas CountyLocated in the west central part of the state; it is bounded on the north by Hickory and Camden Counties, on the east by Laclede County, on the south by Webster and Greene Counties, and on the west by Polk and Hickory Counties. This territory was first settled in 1831. It was organized as a county in 1841 under the name of Niangua, given because of the river that winds along its eastern border. In 1844, the name was changed, the reason assigned being that Niangua was "too hard to spell and pronounce." The adjoining county on the west had chosen (in 1835) the name Polk when James K. Polk was as yet only a Congressman; now that Polk had just been elected President (1844-1848), Niangua County followed it's neighbors example by adopting the name of the new Vice-President George Mifflin Dallas (1792-1864). Dallas had already had a distinguished career as Senator from Pennsylvania (1831-1833) and one of the national leaders of the Democratic party, the political faith favored by most citizens of the county. (HIST. DALLAS, pp. 507-508; Platbook; Campbell (1873)
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