{"id":23192,"date":"2020-04-09T17:05:20","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T22:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=23192"},"modified":"2024-06-08T13:36:47","modified_gmt":"2024-06-08T18:36:47","slug":"missouri-counties-visited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/missouri-counties-visited\/","title":{"rendered":"Counties in Missouri that I have Visited"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">There are 115 Counties in Missouri &#8211; &#8220;<em>The Show Me State<\/em>&#8220;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Also be sure to see my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/travel\/counties\/united-states-county-map.html\">United States County Counting Page<\/a> for the rest of the states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/travel\/counties\/united-states-county-map.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/graphics\/counties\/missouri.png\" alt=\"Missouri Counties Visited\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I have visited <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">42 Counties<\/span> = 36.5% of Counties in Missouri<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Counties visited are colored-in; counties still needing to be visited are blank. Map created using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mob-rule.com\/home\">Mob Rule<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a name=\"articles\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Twelve Mile Circle Articles Featuring Places in Missouri<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1NnbEorOhrILco0ZsCwkZ9Iq-ttLXMdHd\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Markers designate the Missouri locations featured in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twelvemilecircle.com\">Twelve Mile Circle<\/a> articles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Counties in Missouri<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/33655951610\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/3\/2939\/33655951610_c9aa2700ce.jpg\" alt=\"Mill and Covered Bridge in Missouri\" style=\"width:488px;height:366px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bollinger Mill &amp; Burfordville Covered Bridge, Cape Girardeau<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are the 115 counties in Missouri. Although infrequent, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/travel\/counties\/united-states-county-map.html\">counties sometimes do change<\/a> so please let me know if any of this information is out of date and I will update it. Those counties that I have visited are highlighted in <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Red<\/b><\/span>. Readers can also link to any articles manually in this section if the map isn&#8217;t working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Adair<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Andrew<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Atchison<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Audrain<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Barry<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Barton<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17412\">Switching Sides<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Bates<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Benton: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15618\">That Other Warsaw<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Bollinger<\/b>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16841\">Inland Hurricane<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Boone<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/zymurgy\/flat-branch.html\">Flat Branch Pub &amp; Brewing<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Buchanan<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=3180\">The Airport on the &#8220;Wrong&#8221; Side of the River<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Butler<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Caldwell<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Callaway<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=11969\">Reality in the Real World<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13863\">No Way! Way!<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Camden: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=7350\">Erasing Van Buren<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15326\">Sunrise<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16455\">State Nickname Streets<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Cape Girardeau<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17608\">Historic District &amp; Flood Wall<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17607\">Cape Rock Park<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17607\">Bollinger Mill<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Carroll<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Carter: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=7350\">Erasing Van Buren<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Cass<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13231\">Quad County Towns, Crowdsourced<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=7350\">Erasing Van Buren<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cedar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chariton<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Christian: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=13087\">Public Street<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clarke<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Clay<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clinton<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Cole<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Cooper<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Crawford<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=11969\">Reality in the Real World<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dade<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dallas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Daviess<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dekalb<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dent<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Douglas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dunklin: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=115\">John Hardeman Walker&#8217;s Bootheel<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Franklin<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14160\">August Bottom Road<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gasconade<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gentry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Greene<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grundy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Harrison<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Henry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hickory<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Holt<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Howard: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17206\">Boone Scraps<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Howell<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Iron<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Jackson<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=10668\">Semi-Practical Exclaves Galore!<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=101\">In the 4th of July Spirit<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/zymurgy\/75th-street.html\">75th Street Brewery<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/zymurgy\/hofbrauhaus-kc.html\">Hofbr\u00e4uhaus Brewery &amp; Biergarten<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/zymurgy\/mill-creek.html\">Mill Creek Restaurant and Brewery<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/zymurgy\/river-market.html\">River Market Brewing Company<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Jasper<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Jefferson<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17358\">Crystal City<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Johnson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Knox<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Laclede<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Lafayette<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lawrence<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lewis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lincoln<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Linn<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Livingston<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Macon<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Madison: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=12833\">Mine La Motte<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Maries<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marion: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16159\">Mark Twain Home<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>McDonald<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mercer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Miller<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Mississippi<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=21756\">Dorena-Hickman Ferry<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14896\">Riverboat Adventure<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14903\">Ohio\/Mississippi River Confluence<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Moniteau: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16526\">Outside of California<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monroe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Montgomery<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Morgan: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15326\">Sunrise<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New Madrid: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=10113\">New Counties<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Newton<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=16955\">Bonnie &amp; Clyde Hideout<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nodaway<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oregon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Osage<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ozark<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pemiscot: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=115\">John Hardeman Walker&#8217;s Bootheel<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Perry<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pettis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Phelps<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17770\">Rolla<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15142\">Did Sir Walter Raleigh Get Drunk in Canada?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pike: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=4134\">Adjacent Counties, Same Name, Different States<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Platte<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Polk: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=8324\">Definitely Halfway<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pulaski<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Putnam<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ralls<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Randolph<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ray<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reynolds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ripley<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Saline<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Schuyler<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scotland<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Scott<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shannon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shelby<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>St. Charles<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15925\">Missouri Route 370<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>St. Clair<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>St. Francois<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>St. Louis<\/b><\/span>: Largest county population in Missouri (1,016,315 people in 2000 Census); <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=15421\">Bellefontaine Neighbors<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31701\">Maryland Heights<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=11078\">Natural Bridges<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>St. Louis (independent city)<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31701\">City Museum<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=9218\">Dreadful Road Trip<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=31701\">Missouri Botanical Garden<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=11078\">Natural Bridges<\/a>; <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=6827\">Over the Road<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Ste. Genevieve<\/b><\/span>: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=17607\">Crown Ridge Tiger Sanctuary<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stoddard<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stone<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sullivan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Taney<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Texas: Largest county in Missouri (1,179 square miles).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Vernon<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>Warren<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Washington: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=14218\">Certainly Not Austin<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wayne: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=7649\">The State of Wayne<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Webster<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Worth: Smallest county in Missouri (267 square miles) and Smallest county population in Missouri (2,382 people in 2000 Census).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wright<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick Facts About Missouri<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><b>Location:<\/b> West North Central United States. See map above.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Size<sup>(<a href=\"#Footnote-1\">1<\/a>)<\/sup>:<\/b> 68,742 square miles. Missouri is the 18th largest state. The next larger state is North Dakota and the next smaller state is Oklahoma.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Population<sup>(<a href=\"#Footnote-2\">2<\/a>)<\/sup>:<\/b> 6,126,452 people. Missouri is the 18th most populous state. The next more populous state is Indiana and the next less populous state is Maryland.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Population Density:<\/b> 89.1 people per square mile. Missouri is the 28th most densely populated state. The next more densely populated state is Alabama and the next less densely populated state is West Virginia.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Bordering States:<\/b> Missouri shares a border with 8 states: Iowa; Nebraska; Kansas; Oklahoma; Arkansas; Tennessee; kentucky and Illinois.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Admission to the Union:<\/b> August 10, 1821. Missouri was the 24th state admitted to the Union, after Maine and before Arkansas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Capital:<\/b> Jefferson City.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Highest Point:<\/b> 1,772 feet at Taum Sauk Mountain. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitpost.org\/taum-sauk-mountain\/154007\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SummitPost&#8217;s Taum Sauk Mountain<\/a> page.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Lowest Point:<\/b> 230 feet at St. Francis River in Dunklin Co.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Government website:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mo.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Missouri State Government Home Page<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Official Tourism website:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitmo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Welcome to Missouri<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Still not enough?<\/b> See <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Missouri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wikipedia&#8217;s Missouri page<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Sources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a name=\"Footnote-1\"><\/a>(1) Wikipedia: <span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;List of U.S. states and territories by area&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:1055233,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0},&quot;15&quot;:&quot;\\&quot;Linux Libertine\\&quot;, Georgia, Times, serif&quot;,&quot;23&quot;:1}\" data-sheets-formula=\"=HYPERLINK(&quot;https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_area&quot;,&quot;List of U.S. states and territories by area&quot;)\" data-sheets-hyperlink=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_area\"><a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_area\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">List of U.S. states and territories by area<\/a><\/span>. Land area only.<br><a name=\"Footnote-2\"><\/a>(2) Wikipedia: <span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;List of states and territories of the United States by population&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:1055233,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0},&quot;15&quot;:&quot;\\&quot;Linux Libertine\\&quot;, Georgia, Times, serif&quot;,&quot;23&quot;:1}\" data-sheets-formula=\"=HYPERLINK(&quot;https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States_by_population&quot;,&quot;List of states and territories of the United States by population&quot;)\" data-sheets-hyperlink=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States_by_population\"><a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States_by_population\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">List of states and territories of the United States by population<\/a><\/span>. 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