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The average population of Missouri's counties is 53,880; St. Louis County is the most populous (987,059), and Worth County is the least (1,907). The average land area is 599 sq mi (1,550 km 2 ). The largest county is Texas County (1,179 sq mi, 3,054 km 2 ) and the smallest is St. Louis city (61.9 sq mi, 160 km 2 ).
Schuyler County court house in Lancaster. A post office called Lancaster has been in operation since 1846. [6] According to one tradition, the community was named after Lancaster, Ohio, the former home of a first settler. [7] The William P. Hall House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [8]
William Hall was born February 29, 1864, near Lancaster, Schuyler County, Missouri, to William and Sidney (Spurgeon) Hall. [2] His mother died when he was 13, and his father when he was 15. In 1880 at 16 he was working for George Beeler as a farmhand. His parents are buried at Fabious Cemetery in Schuyler County, Missouri.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 308 square miles (800 km 2), of which 307 square miles (800 km 2) is land and 0.9 square miles (2.3 km 2) (0.3%) is water. [4] It is the second-smallest county in Missouri by area. Schuyler County borders Iowa to the north.
William P. Hall House is a historic home located at Lancaster, Schuyler County, Missouri, United States. It was built about 1902, and is a large two-story, irregular plan, Late Victorian style frame dwelling. It features a one-story wraparound porch with Ionic order columns and a porte cochere.
Union is a city in and the county seat of Franklin County, Missouri, United States. [8] It is located on the Bourbeuse River , 50 miles (80 km) southwest of St. Louis . The population was 12,348 at the 2020 census .
United States vs. Missouri (Confederate) Union victory Cole Camp: June 19, 1861 Benton County: American Civil War Benton County Home Guard-600, Missouri State Guard-300 43 KIA, 85 WIA, 25 POW United States vs. Missouri (Confederate) Confederate victory Carthage: July 5, 1861 Near Carthage: American Civil War Union-1,100, Missouri State Guard ...
At the Battle of Pea Ridge in March 1862, Price commanded a mixed force that contained both Confederate soldiers from Missouri and elements of the Missouri State Guard. [5] By July 1862, almost all of the Missouri State Guard had left the unit to join Confederate States Army units. [6] The list of Missouri Union Civil War units is shown separately.