Lincoln County, Missouri
| Lincoln County, Missouri | |
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Lincoln County Courthouse in Troy
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 Location in the U.S. state of Missouri |
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 Missouri's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | December 14, 1818 |
| Named for | Benjamin Lincoln |
| Seat | Troy |
| Largest city | Troy |
| Area | |
| • Total | 640 sq mi (1,658 km2) |
| • Land | 627 sq mi (1,624 km2) |
| • Water | 14 sq mi (36 km2), 2.2% |
| Population (est.) | |
| • (2015) | 54,696 |
| • Density | 84/sq mi (32/km²) |
| Congressional district | 3rd |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Website | www |
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| Elected countywide officials | ||||
| Assessor | Kevin L. Bishop | Republican | ||
| Circuit Clerk | Grace Sinclair | Democratic | ||
| County Clerk | Crystal Hall | Democratic | ||
| Collector | Jerry Fox | Democratic | ||
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Commissioner (Presiding) |
Daniel H. Colbert | Republican | ||
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Commissioner (District 1) |
Jim Mayes | Democratic | ||
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Commissioner (District 2) |
Matt Bass | Republican | ||
| Coroner | Robert L. Shramek, Sr. | Democratic | ||
| Prosecuting Attorney | Leah Askey | Democratic | ||
| Public Administrator | Betty Cox | Democratic | ||
| Recorder | Dottie D. Crenshaw | Democratic | ||
| Sheriff | John Cottle | Republican | ||
| Surveyor | Donald “Tec” Parr | Democratic | ||
| Treasurer | Krysti Henke | Republican | ||
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| 2008 Republican primary in Missouri | ||
| John McCain | 1,412 (30.82%) | |
| Mike Huckabee | 1,484 (32.39%) | |
| Mitt Romney | 1,400 (30.55%) | |
| Ron Paul | 216 (4.71%) | |
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| 2008 Democratic primary in Missouri | ||
| Hillary Clinton | 3,490 (61.35%) | |
| Barack Obama | 1,963 (34.51%) | |
| John Edwards (withdrawn) | 190 (3.34%) | |
Lincoln County is a county in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 52,566. Its county seat is Troy. The county was founded December 14, 1818, and named for Major General Benjamin Lincoln of the American Revolutionary War.
Lincoln County is part of the St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
According to Goodspeed's History of Lincoln County, Missouri (1888), Lincoln County was named by Major Christopher Clark, the first permanent white settler, when he addressed the Territorial Legislature saying, "I was born, sir, in Link-Horn County, N.C., I lived for many years in Link-Horn County in old Kain-tuck. I wish to die in Link-Horn County, in Missouri; and I move, therefore, that the blank in the bill be filled with the name Link-Horn." The motion was carried unanimously and the clerk, not adopting the frontier parlance of the Major, wrote "Lincoln" in the blank space of the bill. Others say it was named for Major General Benjamin Lincoln who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 640 square miles (1,700 km2), of which 627 square miles (1,620 km2) is land and 14 square miles (36 km2) (2.2%) is water. The county's eastern border with Illinois is formed by the Mississippi River.
As of the census of 2000, there were 38,944 people, 13,851 households, and 10,554 families residing in the county. The population density was 62 people per square mile (24/km²). There were 15,511 housing units at an average density of 25 per square mile (10/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 96.13% White, 1.74% Black or African American, 0.37% Native American, 0.17% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.43% from other races, and 1.14% from two or more races. Approximately 1.14% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 37.7% were of German, 17.0% American, 10.9% Irish and 7.4% English ancestry.
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