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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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Daviess County, Missouri
Daviess County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Gallatin
Year Organized: 1836
Square Miles: 567 |
Court House: 102 North Main Street
County Courthouse
Gallatin, MO 64640-1152
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Named for Joseph H. Daviess, Kentucky soldier in the War of 1812.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
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History of Daviess County
This county was named in honor of Colonel Joseph H. Daviess, "who fell in the battle of Tippecanoe" November 7, 1811.
It was organized in 1836, extending from its southern limit to the Iowa line, but was reduced to its present limits in
1845, with the organization of Harrison County. (Eaton, p. 283; Ibid, Conard, p. 235; HIST. DAVIESS, 1882, p. 235; HIST.
DAVIESS & GENTRY, p. 71; SESSION LAWS, 1834-5, p. 51)
Source: Ewing, Martha K. "Place Names In The Northwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1929.
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Altamont |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Brimson |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Coffey |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Colfax |
township |
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- Gallatin
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Gilman City |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Grand River |
township |
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- Harrison |
township |
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- Jameson |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Jamesport |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Jefferson |
township |
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- Lock Springs |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Monroe |
township |
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- Pattonsburg |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Winston |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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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