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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 ).
Map of the United States with Missouri highlighted. Missouri is a state located in the Midwestern United States. In Missouri, cities are classified into three types: 3rd Class, 4th Class, and those under constitutional charters.
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The 32 United States statistical areas, 114 counties and one independent city of the State of Missouri [a]; Combined statistical area [1] 2023 population (est.) [3] Core-based statistical area [1]
Topographic map of the bootheel and surrounding areas of Missouri and neighboring states.. The Missouri Bootheel is a salient (protrusion) located in the southeasternmost part of the U.S. state of Missouri, extending south of 36°30′ north latitude, so called because its shape in relation to the rest of the state resembles the heel of a boot.
Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties). 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 ...
Pulaski County's earliest settlers were the Quapaw, Missouria and Osage Native Americans. After the Lewis and Clark Expedition of the early 19th century, white settlers came to the area, many from Kentucky, Tennessee and the Carolinas; the earliest pioneers appeared to have settled as early as 1818, and the town of Waynesville was designated the county seat by the Missouri Legislature in 1833.
In Missouri, only counties of the third and fourth classes, which are those with a total assessed valuation under $450,000,000, may have township governments, but are not required to. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] As of 2021, 20 of the 114 Missouri counties had township governments, containing 285 townships. [ 1 ]