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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."

 

 

 
 

Henry County, Missouri

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

 

County Seat: Clinton
Year Organized: 1834
Square Miles: 702
 
Court House:

100 W. Franklin Street
County Courthouse
Clinton, MO 64735-2088

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Named for Patrick Henry, Revolutionary patriot. Originally organized as Rines county, the name was changed to Henry on October 15, 1841, by an act of the legislature.

 

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History of Henry County

In the central west part of Missouri. Organized in 1835 under the name of Rives (q.v.). In 1820 Lillard County, now Lafayette County, was organized. This included Lafayette, Johnson, Cass, Jackson, Henry, and a part of St. Clair and Bates. The first municipal division of Lillard County was Lexington Township. In 1830 Davis and Blackwater Townships were organized. Davis included the territory in Shawnee, Fields Creek, Clinton, and Fairview Townships; Blackwater included Windsor, Tebo, Springfield, Deer Creek, Leesville, Bethlehem, and Osage Townships. These two townships passed out of existence, and in 1832 Tebo Township was organized and included the territory in Henry and Johnson. In May, 1834 Springfield Township was organized and included Windsor, Tebo, Springfield, Deer Creek, Leesville, Bethlehem, and Osage Townships. The remaining townships, Shawnee, Fields Creek, Clinton and Fairview were included in Tebo Township. In 1835 Rives County was organized. In 1841 the name Rives was changed to Henry in honor of Patrick Henry (1736-1799), the famous American orator and statesman. (Lamkin's HIST. HENRY (1919), 79, 80, 84, 87, 104-105)


Source: Johnson, Bernice E. "Place Names In Six Of The West Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1933.
 

 

Neighboring Counties:
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Cities and Towns:
- Bear Creek township  
- Bethlehem township  
- Blairstown city Incorporated Area
- Brownington town Incorporated Area
- Calhoun city Incorporated Area
- Clinton (County Seat) city Incorporated Area
- Creighton city Incorporated Area
- Deepwater city Incorporated Area
- Deer Creek township  
- Fields Creek township  
- Leesville township  
- Montrose city Incorporated Area
- Osage township  
- Shawnee township  
- Tebo township  
- Tightwad village Incorporated Area
- Urich city Incorporated Area
- White Oak township  
- Windsor city Incorporated Area
County Resources:

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County Resource Guide

Counties: US Map

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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