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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 ).
Skidmore is a city in western Nodaway County, Missouri, United States.The population was 245 at the 2020 Census.The small farming community is known for the unsolved extrajudicial killing of Ken Rex McElroy, and 2 other murders which reached nationwide headlines.
Felix & Odile Pratt Valle slave quarters, southeast corner of Merchant & Second Streets, Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. The history of slavery in Missouri began in 1720, predating statehood, with the large-scale slavery in the region, when French merchant Philippe François Renault brought about 500 slaves of African descent from Saint-Domingue up the Mississippi River to work in lead mines in ...
A 1948 article in the Missouri Historical Review defined the antebellum "Little Dixie" region as a 13-county area between the Mississippi River north of St. Louis to Missouri River counties in the central part of the state (Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Chariton, Howard, Lincoln, Pike, Marion, Monroe, Ralls, Randolph, Saline, and Shelby counties).
Versailles is in eastern Morgan County. Missouri Route 5 passes through the western and northern sides of the city, leading north 17 miles (27 km) to Tipton and south 37 miles (60 km) to Camdenton. Missouri Route 52 joins Route 5 around the north side of Versailles, but leads southeast 17 miles (27 km) to Eldon and west 8 miles (13 km) to Stover.
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In November the 1,400 Shawnee in Missouri agreed to a treaty signed at St. Louis with William Clark, exchanging their lands along Apple Creek, near Cape Girardeau, for 2,500 square miles in eastern Kansas. They also received $14,000 in moving expenses plus $11,000 to pay debts owed to white traders.
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