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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."

Dunklin County, Missouri

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

County Seat: Kennett
Year Organized: 1845
Square Miles: 546

Court House:

P.O. Box 188
County Courthouse
Kennett, MO 63857-0188

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Named for Daniel Dunklin, governor of Missouri.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History of Dunklin County

Created February 14, 1845. Stoddard County was divided by a line running on the parallel of 36 30 and that part of the county south of the line was called Dunklin County. Its boundaries were fixed as follows: Beginning in the middle of the main channel of the St. Francois River at a point where the state line between Missouri and Arkansas, in latitude 36 30, leaves said river; thence due east to the western boundary of New Madrid County; thence south with said line to the southern boundary of the state; thence west on said line to middle of main channel of St. Francois River; thence up the middle of the river to the place of beginning. In 1853 the north line of the county was moved nine miles north. The territory included in this county, with the exception of the nine mile strip, was a part of the territory originally left in Arkansas, but was added to the territory of Missouri through the efforts of J. Hardeman Walker. The county was named for Honorable Daniel Dunklin, governor of Missouri from 1832-1836. He was born in 1790 near Greenville, South Carolina, and came to Potosi, Missouri in 1810. He was elected to the first constitutional convention of Missouri in 1820. In 1828 he was elected lieutenant-governor, and at the close of this term was elected governor. He resigned in 1836 to accept the position of surveyor general of Missouri, Arkansas, and Illinois under President Jackson. He traced the boundaries of Missouri and Arkansas, and it is probably because of this connection with the people of Dunklin County that the county was named for him. (Douglass I 322, Missouri Revised Statutes 1845)

Source: Hamlett, Mayme L. "Place Names Of Six Southeast Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1938.

Neighboring Counties:

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Cities and Towns:

- Arbyrd	city	Incorporated Area
- Campbell	city	Incorporated Area
- Cardwell	city	Incorporated Area
- Clarkton	city	Incorporated Area
- Cotton Hill	township
- Freeborn	township
- Holcomb	city	Incorporated Area
- Hornersville	city	Incorporated Area
- Kennett (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Malden	city	Incorporated Area
- Rives	town	Incorporated Area
- Senath	city	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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County Resources

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