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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."

Washington County, Missouri

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

County Seat: Potosi
Year Organized: 1813
Square Miles: 760

Court House:

102 North Missouri Street
County Courthouse
Potosi, MO 63664-1744

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Named for George Washington, first President of the United States.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History of Washington County

The sixth oldest county in Missouri, it was organized August 21, 1813, from Ste. Genevieve County, one of the five original Spanish districts. It is bounded on the north by Franklin, on the northeast by Jefferson, on the east by St. Francois, on the south by Iron, and on the west by Crawford counties. Named in honor of George Washington. (Goodspeed, 1888, 480-1; HIST. S.E. MISSOURI, 1888, 85)

Source: Zimmer, Gertrude M. "Place Names Of Five Southeast Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1944.

Neighboring Counties:

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Cities and Towns:

- Caledonia	village	Incorporated Area
- Irondale	city	Incorporated Area
- Mineral Point	town	Incorporated Area
- Potosi (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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County Resources

The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of this 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."