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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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Mississippi County, Missouri
Mississippi County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Charleston
Year Organized: 1845
Square Miles: 413 |
Court House: PO Box 369
County Courthouse
Charleston, MO 63834-0369
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Named for the Mississippi River. Mississippi is derived from the Algonquin Indian words: missi meaning "great" and seepee meaning "water."
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History of Mississippi County
A county on the Mississippi River created by the state legislature February 14, 1845, the territory being cut off
from the southern part of Scott County. Charleston was selected as the county seat and the boundaries of the townships
of Tywappity, St. James and St. James Bayou, which had belonged to Scott County, were changed and two new townships,
Mississippi and Wolf Island were created. Ohio Township was created from Mississippi Township in 1847. The county was
named from the Mississippi River (q.v.) (Douglass I 311, M.H.R. 11:330-331)
Source: Hamlett, Mayme L. "Place Names Of Six Southeast Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1938.
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Anniston |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Bertrand |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Charleston
(County
Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Diehlstadt |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- East Prairie |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Pinhook |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Wilson City |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Wyatt |
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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