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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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Macon County, Missouri
Macon County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Macon
Year Organized: 1837
Square Miles: 804
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Court House: PO Box 96
County Courthouse
Macon, MO 63552-0096
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Named for Nathaniel Macon, Revolutionary War soldier and North Carolina congressman.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
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History of Macon County
Macon County was organized January 6, 1837. It was named in honor of Nathaniel Macon of North Carolina. He had an
unswerving faith in the people to govern themselves and a favorite saying of his was: "If left alone they will always do
what's right." (HIST. OF RAN. & MACON, p. 709; Eaton, p. 191; RECORD OF CHAR. COUNTY, p. 17; TOP. MAP, MACON)
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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- Atlanta |
city |
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- Bevier |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Callao |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Elmer |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Ethel |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- La Plata |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Macon
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- New Cambria |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- South Gifford |
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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