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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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Lawrence County, Missouri
Lawrence County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Mount Vernon
Year Organized: 1845
Square Miles: 613
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Court House: 1 East Courthouse Square, #101
County Courthouse
Mount Vernon, MO 65712-1444
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Named for James Lawrence, naval hero of the War of 1812.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History of Lawrence County
Lawrence County was named in honor of Captain James Lawrence who lost his life in the Chesapeake-Shannon fight
against the British just out of Boston Harbor in 1813. Representative Cowan introduced in the state legislature,
February 24, 1843, a formative act containing the name. Almost exactly half of the county was taken from Dade and the
south half from Barry. (Session Acts 1842-1843; Missouri (15), p. 443)
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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- Aurora |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Freistatt |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Halltown |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Hoberg |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- La Russell |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Marionville |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Miller |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Mount Vernon
(County
Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Pierce City |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Stotts City |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Verona |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Wentworth |
village |
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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