Putnam County, Missouri
| Putnam County, Missouri | |
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Putnam County Courthouse in Unionville
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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 28, 1845 |
| Named for | Israel Putnam |
| Seat | Unionville |
| Largest city | Unionville |
| Area | |
| • Total | 520 sq mi (1,347 km2) |
| • Land | 517 sq mi (1,339 km2) |
| • Water | 2.3 sq mi (6 km2), 0.4% |
| Population (est.) | |
| • (2015) | 4,858 |
| • Density | 10/sq mi (4/km²) |
| Congressional district | 6th |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Website | nemr |
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| Elected countywide officials | ||||
| Assessor | Paul L. Rouse | Republican | ||
| Circuit Clerk | Mitzi D. Shipley | Republican | ||
| County Clerk | Chrystal Perkins | Republican | ||
| Collector | Sharon Thompson Parks | Republican | ||
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Commissioner (Presiding) |
Randy Sands | Republican | ||
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Commissioner (District 1) |
Shane Bradshaw | Republican | ||
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Commissioner (District 2) |
Gerald Owings | Republican | ||
| Coroner | Jennifer Gilworth | Democratic | ||
| Prosecuting Attorney | Tom Keedy | Republican | ||
| Public Administrator | Nancy Mikels | Republican | ||
| Recorder | Jeneen Roof | Republican | ||
| Sheriff | Jason Knight | Republican | ||
| Surveyor | J. Scott Cline | Republican | ||
| Treasurer | Sharon Thompson Parks | Republican | ||
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| 2008 Republican primary in Missouri | ||
| John McCain | 164 (28.08%) | |
| Mike Huckabee | 253 (43.49%) | |
| Mitt Romney | 128 (21.92%) | |
| Ron Paul | 28 (4.79%) | |
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| 2008 Democratic primary in Missouri | ||
| Hillary Clinton | 252 (64.62%) | |
| Barack Obama | 120 (30.77%) | |
| John Edwards (withdrawn) | 18 (4.62%) | |
Putnam County is a county located in North Central Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 4,979. Its county seat is Unionville. The county was organized February 28, 1845 and named for Israel Putnam, a hero in the French and Indian War and a general in the American Revolutionary War.
Putnam County was established February 28, 1845 from parts of Adair and Sullivan counties. The following year a portion of Putnam was removed to form of Dodge County. Both Putnam and Dodge extended nearly nine miles further north until a 1851 ruling by the Supreme Court on a border dispute with Iowa assigned the contested land to Iowa. Both counties were left with less than the statutory minimum area for a county as set by the state legislature, so Dodge County was dissolved and its area added to Putnam.
In its early years, the county seat changed frequently, often with contentious debate. Putnamville, Bryant Station (both no longer in existence), and Hartford all served until a central location called Harmony, later renamed Unionville, was chosen.
In the 1860 U.S. Census Putnam County had 9,240 residents, with eighteen sawmills and three flour mills. Coal had been an abundant since its earliest settlement. Following the arrival of the Burlington & Southwestern Railway in 1873, coal mining became a major industry, especially in the east of the county. At one time three railroads crossed Putnam county: the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul; the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy; and the Iowa and St. Louis. Putnam County lost over two-thirds of its population between the years 1900 and 2000 (see census data below), when the United States changed from a rural to an urban country.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 520 square miles (1,300 km2), of which 517 square miles (1,340 km2) is land and 2.3 square miles (6.0 km2) (0.4%) is water.
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