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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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Greene County, Missouri
Greene County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Springfield
Year Organized: 1833
Square Miles: 675
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Court House: 940 Boonville Avenue
County Courthouse
Springfield, MO 65802-3802
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Named for Nathaniel Greene, Revolutionary War general.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History of Greene County
Organized by an act of the Legislature, on January 2, 1833. The act named the county "in honor of Nathaniel Greene of
the Revolution." (Session Acts 1832-1833)
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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- Ash Grove |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Battlefield |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Brookline |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Fair Grove |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Pleasant Hope |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Republic |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Springfield
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Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Strafford |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Walnut Grove |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Willard |
city |
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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