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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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Holt County, Missouri
Holt County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Oregon
Year Organized: 1841
Square Miles: 462 |
Court House: P. O. Box 437
County Courthouse
Oregon, MO 64473-0437
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Named for David Rice Holt, Missouri legislator from Platte County. Originally organized and named Nodaway County, the name was changed seventeen days later to honor the memory of D.R. Holt, who died during the legislative session.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
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History of Holt County
Holt, a part of the Platte Purchase, was made a separate county in 1841. It was named in honor of Dr. David Rice
Holt, a member of the State Legislature from Platte County, who died while a representative, December 7, 1840. "He
was both a minister of the gospel and a physician, and had attained an enviable standing in each." (SESSION LAWS,
1840-1, p. 39; Eaton, p. 173; HIST. HOLT & ATCHISON, p. 100)
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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- Big Lake |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Bigelow |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Corning |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Craig |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Forest City |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Fortescue |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Maitland |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Mound City |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Oregon
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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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