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63347. Area code. 636. FIPS code. 29-24886 [3] GNIS feature ID. 2394780 [2] Foley is a city in Lincoln County, Missouri, United States. The population was 161 at the 2010 census.
An old barn in rural Lincoln County. Lincoln County is located in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 59,574. [1] Its county seat is Troy. [2] The county was founded December 14, 1818, and named for Major General Benjamin Lincoln of the American Revolutionary War.
A municipality incorporates as a 4th Class city if the population is between 500 and 2,999 (under 500, it may incorporate as a village [1] – see list of villages in Missouri). It may incorporate as a 3rd Class city if the population is between 3,000 and 29,999. [ 2 ]
With 8,472 square miles (21,940 km 2) and a population of more than 2.2 million people, it is the second-largest metropolitan area centered in Missouri (after Greater St. Louis) and is the largest metropolitan area in Kansas, though Wichita is the largest metropolitan area centered in Kansas. [2]
Missouri statistical areas. Coordinates: 38.3566°N 92.4580°W. The U.S. State of Missouri currently has 31 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On March 6, 2020, the OMB delineated six combined statistical areas, seven metropolitan statistical areas, and 18 micropolitan statistical areas in ...
The history of Missouri begins with settlement of the region by indigenous people during the Paleo-Indian period beginning in about 12,000 BC. Subsequent periods of native life emerged until the 17th century. New France set up small settlements, and in 1803, Napoleonic France sold the area to the U.S. as part of the Louisiana Purchase.
As of the 2020 census, the population was 183,610, [1] making it the state's eighth-most populous county. The county was organized November 16, 1820, and named for the then recently deceased Daniel Boone , whose kin largely populated the Boonslick area, having arrived in the 1810s on the Boone's Lick Road . [ 2 ]
Cole County is located in the central part of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, its population was 77,279. [1] Its county seat and largest city is Jefferson City, the state capital. [2] The county was organized November 16, 1820, and named after pioneer William Temple Cole who built Cole's Fort in Boonville. [3]