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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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Mercer County, Missouri
Mercer County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Princeton
Year Organized: 1845
Square Miles: 454 |
Court House: 802 Main Street
County Courthouse
Princeton, MO 64673-1240
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Named for John F. Mercer, a Revolutionary War general.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History of Mercer County
Mercer County was organized February 14, 1845. It was named in honor of "General Hugh Mercer of the Revolution."
Until its organization it was a part of Grundy County. (Record of Char. County, Part I, p. 18; Campbell, p. 361;
Gannett, p. 205; Rogers, p. 33; HIST. HARRISON & MERCER, p. 402)
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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- Harrison |
township |
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- Lindley |
township |
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- Medicine |
township |
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- Mercer |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Morgan |
township |
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- Princeton
(County
Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Ravanna |
township |
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- Somerset |
township |
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- South Lineville |
town |
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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