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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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Howard County, Missouri
Howard County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Fayette
Year Organized: 1816
Square Miles: 466
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Court House: 1 Courthouse Square
County Courthouse
Fayette, MO 65248-1283
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Named for Benjamin Howard, governor of the Missouri Territory.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History of Howard County
Howard County was organized on January 23, 1816, and named in honor of Benjamin Howard, the governor of Upper
Louisiana, which became Missouri territory June 4, 1812. Because thirty-one counties were later carved out of the
original Howard County, she has borne the name "Mother of Counties." (Parker, p. 266; Gannett, p. 162; Barns, p. 177)
Source: Pace, Nadine. "Place Names In The Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928.
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Armstrong |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Fayette
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Franklin |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Glasgow |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- New Franklin |
city |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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Online High Schools
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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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