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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
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Gentry County, Missouri
Gentry County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Albany
Year Organized: 1845
Square Miles: 492
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Court House: 200 W. Clay Street
County Courthouse
Albany, MO 64402-1604
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Named: Named for Richard Gentry, Seminole War general.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History of Gentry County
In 1841 Gentry was set apart from Clinton County but it was not organized until 1845. The name was given in honor of
Colonel Richard Gentry who lived in Boone County at the outbreak of the Florida War. On the battlefield of Okeechobee,
Colonel Gentry is said to have directed his troops for an hour after he received a mortal wound. (HIST. GENTRY & WORTH,
p. 92-3; HIST. DAVIESS & GENTRY, p. 216; J.S. Williams; BOONVILLE WEEKLY ADV., Nov. 10, 1911, p. 2)
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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- Albany
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Bogle |
township |
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- Cooper |
township |
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- Darlington |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Gentry |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Howard |
township |
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- King City |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- McFall |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Stanberry |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Wilson |
township |
County Resources:
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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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