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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."

 

 

 
 

Newton County, Missouri

Newton County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

 

County Seat: Neosho
Year Organized: 1838
Square Miles: 626
Court House:

101 South Wood Street
County Courthouse
Neosho, MO 64850-1820

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Named for John Newton, a Revolutionary War soldier.

 

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History of Newton County

Newton County was named for Sergeant John Newton, a comrade of Sergeant William Jasper, and, along with Jasper, one of "Marion's Men" in the Revolutionary War. The county was organized and named December 31, 1838, under the Session Acts 1838-1839. (Eaton (28), p. 335; Session Acts 1838-1839)


Source: Meyers, Robert Lee. "Place Names In The Southwest Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1930.
 

 

Neighboring Counties:
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Cities and Towns:
- Cliff Village village Incorporated Area
- Dennis Acres village Incorporated Area
- Diamond town Incorporated Area
- Fairview town Incorporated Area
- Granby city Incorporated Area
- Grand Falls Plaza town Incorporated Area
- Leawood village Incorporated Area
- Loma Linda town Incorporated Area
- Neosho (County Seat) city Incorporated Area
- Newtonia town Incorporated Area
- Ritchey town Incorporated Area
- Saginaw village Incorporated Area
- Seneca city Incorporated Area
- Shoal Creek Drive village Incorporated Area
- Shoal Creek Estates town Incorporated Area
- Silver Creek village Incorporated Area
- Stark City town Incorporated Area
- Stella town Incorporated Area
- Wentworth village Incorporated Area
County Resources:

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Counties: US Map

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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