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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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Jasper County, Missouri
Jasper County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Carthage
Year Organized: 1841
Square Miles: 640
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Court House: 302 S. Main Street
County Courthouse
Carthage, MO 64836-1621
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Named for William Jasper, Revolutionary War soldier.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
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History of Jasper County
Jasper County, organized January 29, 1841, by an act of the State Legislature, was named for Sergeant William Jasper
(1750-1779), who replaced the fallen flag on Fort Moultrie, June 28, 1776, and who lost his life while trying to replace
the colors on Spring Hill redoubt, near Savannah, Georgia, on October 7, 1779. (Session Acts 1840-1841; Eaton (28), p.
178)
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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- Airport Drive |
village |
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- Alba |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Asbury |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Avilla |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Brooklyn Heights |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Carl Junction |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Carterville |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Carthage
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Carytown |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Duenweg |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Duquesne |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Fidelity |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Jasper |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Joplin |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- La Russell |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Lakeside |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Neck City |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Oronogo |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Purcell |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Redings Mill |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Reeds |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Sarcoxie |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Waco |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Webb City |
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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