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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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Grundy County, Missouri
Grundy County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Trenton
Year Organized: 1841
Square Miles: 436
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Court House: 700 Main Street
County Courthouse
Trenton, MO 64683-2010
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Named for Felix Grundy, Tennessee senator and United States attorney general.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History of Grundy County
In the year 1839, the legislature passed a bill defining the limits of Grundy County. The name given it was in honor
of the distinguished statesman and United States Senator, from Tennessee, the Honorable Felix Grundy. The bill passed
November 12, 1839. It was not organized into a county proper until January 2, 1841. (Gannett, p. 145; RECORD OF CHARITON
COUNTY, p. 15; Eaton, p. 170; HIST. GRUNDY, pp. 174-5)
Source: Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928.
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Galt |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Harrison |
township |
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- Jefferson |
township |
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- Laredo |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Myers |
township |
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- Spickard |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Tindall |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Trenton
(County Seat) |
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,
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