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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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Monroe County, Missouri
Monroe County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Paris
Year Organized: 1831
Square Miles: 646 |
Court House: 300 North Main Street
County Courthouse
Paris, MO 65275-1399
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Named for United States President James Monroe.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History of Monroe County
Originally a part of Ralls County. Formed by an act of the state legislature on January 6, 1831. On the north are
Shelby and Marion Counties; on the east, Ralls; on the south, Audrain; on the west, Macon and Randolph. Named for James
Monroe (1758-1831), whose term as president had expired six years earlier. He died on July 4, six months after the
county was formed. (History of Monroe and Shelby, 93-94, State Laws, First Session of Sixth General Assembly, 21- 21;
Penn Brace)
Source: Leech, Esther. "Place Names Of Six East Central Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of
Missouri-Columbia, 1933.
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Goss |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Holliday |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Madison |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Monroe City |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Paris
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Stoutsville |
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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