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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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Livingston County, Missouri
Livingston County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Chillicothe
Year Organized: 1837
Square Miles: 535
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Court House: 700 Webster
County Courthouse
Chillicothe, MO 64601-0000
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Named for United States Secretary of State Edward Livingston.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History of Livingston County
Livingston County was organized January 6, 1837. It was named for Honorable Edward Livingston, who was the eleventh
Secretary of State of the United States, serving in General Jackson's cabinet two years, from 1831 to 1833. (HIST. CAL.
& LIV., p. 695; Eaton, p. 188; RECORD OF CHAR. COUNTY, p. 188; LIVINGSTON COUNTY ATLAS, p. 9; TOP. MAP, LIV. COUNTY)
Source: Adams, Orvyl Guy. "Place Names In The North Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1928.
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Blue Mound |
township |
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- Chillicothe
(County
Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Chula |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Cream Ridge |
township |
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- Grand River |
township |
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- Green |
township |
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- Ludlow |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Medicine |
township |
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- Monroe |
township |
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- Mooresville |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Sampsel |
township |
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- Utica |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Wheeling |
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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