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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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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
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Named for John Newton, a Revolutionary War soldier.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
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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:
Cities and Towns:
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- Cliff Village |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Dennis Acres |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Diamond |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Fairview |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Granby |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Grand Falls Plaza |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Leawood |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Loma Linda |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Neosho
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Newtonia |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Ritchey |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Saginaw |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Seneca |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Shoal Creek Drive |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Shoal Creek Estates |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Silver Creek |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Stark City |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Stella |
town |
Incorporated Area |
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- Wentworth |
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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