Nodaway County, Missouri
| Nodaway County, Missouri | |
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Nodaway County Courthouse
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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 | February 14, 1845 |
| Named for | Nodaway River |
| Seat | Maryville |
| Largest city | Maryville |
| Area | |
| • Total | 878 sq mi (2,274 km2) |
| • Land | 877 sq mi (2,271 km2) |
| • Water | 0.9 sq mi (2 km2), 0.1% |
| Population (est.) | |
| • (2015) | 22,810 |
| • Density | 27/sq mi (10/km²) |
| Congressional district | 6th |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Website | www |
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| Elected countywide officials | ||||
| Assessor | Rex Wallace | Democratic | ||
| Circuit Clerk | Elaine Wilson | Republican | ||
| County Clerk | Beth Walker | Democratic | ||
| Collector | Marilyn Jenkins | Democratic | ||
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Commissioner (Presiding) |
Robert Schieber | Democratic | ||
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Commissioner (District 1) |
Bob Westfall | Republican | ||
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Commissioner (District 2) |
Bob Stiens | Democratic | ||
| Coroner | Vince Shelby | Republican | ||
| Prosecuting Attorney | Robert Rice | Republican | ||
| Public Administrator | Diane Thomsen | Democratic | ||
| Recorder | Sandra L. “Sandy” Smail | Democratic | ||
| Sheriff | Darren White | Democratic | ||
| Surveyor | Troy Hayes | Democratic | ||
| Treasurer | Marilyn Jenkins | Democratic | ||
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| 2008 Republican primary in Missouri | ||
| John McCain | 586 (35.69%) | |
| Mike Huckabee | 468 (28.50%) | |
| Mitt Romney | 469 (28.56%) | |
| Ron Paul | 83 (5.05%) | |
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| 2008 Democratic primary in Missouri | ||
| Hillary Clinton | 931 (41.99%) | |
| Barack Obama | 1,182 (53.32%) | |
| John Edwards (withdrawn) | 65 (2.93%) | |
| Uncommitted | 17 (0.77%) | |
Nodaway County is a county located in the northwest part of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 23,370. Its county seat is Maryville. The county was organized February 14, 1845, and is named for the Nodaway River. It is the largest in area of the counties added to Missouri in the 1836 Platte Purchase, and the fourth-largest county in Missouri.
Nodaway County comprises the Maryville, MO Micropolitan Statistical Area.
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 grounds of Northwest Missouri State University contain the official Missouri State Arboretum and were a re-creation of the landscape of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. ESPN has carried the university's participation in five national championship football games, three of which they won.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas studied to become a priest at Conception Seminary College, before giving it up for law. The Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration convent in neighboring Clyde has 550 relics of saints, the largest collection in the nation.
Located in Tornado Alley, many tornadoes have struck the county, including an F4 tornado on April 10, 1979, which obliterated the town of Braddyville, Iowa across the county line. Tornadoes have damaged two of the county's largest buildings, the Administration Building on the campus of Northwest Missouri State University and Conception Abbey. The 1881 Hopkins tornado is one of the first recorded F5 tornadoes.
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