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Missouri folklorist Margot Ford McMillen wrote that early settlers were attracted by Clark County's good and inexpensive agricultural land. One section was called "Bit Nation" because land was sold there for just twelve and one-half cents ("one bit" of a Spanish dollar) an acre.
Pike County is a county on the eastern border of the U.S. state of Missouri, bounded by the Mississippi River.As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,587. [1] Its county seat is Bowling Green. [2]
As of the census [10] of 2000, there were 13,754 people, 5,697 households and 3,760 families residing in the county. The population density was 22 people per square mile (8.5 people/km 2).
Atchison County Courthouse in Rock Port. Atchison County is the northwesternmost county in the U.S. state of Missouri.As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 5,305. [1]
The county has a rich agricultural history. It is the home of trainers Ben Jones and Jimmy Jones, whose horses won six Kentucky Derby races and two Triple Crowns. The county is home to Northwest Missouri State University. The university's grounds were a re-creation of the landscape of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. In 1993, Northwest was ...
Ste. Genevieve County is located on the west bank of the Mississippi River approximately 60 miles (97 km) south of St. Louis.Ste. Genevieve is the principal town and the county seat of Ste. Genevieve County with a population of around 5,000 people.
The previous courthouse as it appeared in 1878. Schuyler County is a county located in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri.As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,032, [1] making it the fourth-least populous county in Missouri.
Warrensburg was founded in 1835 by European-American settlers John and Martin D. Warren, who gave the town their last name. [5] A post office called Warrensburg has been in operation since 1837.