Saint Francois County, Missouri
| Saint Francois County, Missouri | |
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St. Francois County Courthouse in Farmington
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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 19, 1821 |
| Named for | St. Francis River |
| Seat | Farmington |
| Largest city | Farmington |
| Area | |
| • Total | 455 sq mi (1,178 km2) |
| • Land | 452 sq mi (1,171 km2) |
| • Water | 2.8 sq mi (7 km2), 0.6% |
| Population (est.) | |
| • (2015) | 66,520 |
| • Density | 145/sq mi (56/km²) |
| Congressional district | 8th |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Website | www |
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| Elected countywide officials | ||||
| Assessor | Dan Ward | Democratic | ||
| Circuit Clerk | Vicki J. Weible | Democratic | ||
| County Clerk | Mark L. Hedrick | Democratic | ||
| Collector | Pamela J. Williams | Democratic | ||
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Commissioner (Presiding) |
Harold Gallaher | Republican | ||
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Commissioner (District 1) |
Gay Wilkinson | Republican | ||
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Commissioner (District 2) |
Patrick Mullins | Democratic | ||
| Coroner | James Coplin | Democratic | ||
| Prosecuting Attorney | Jerrod D. Mahurin | Democratic | ||
| Public Administrator | V. Kenneth Rohrer | Democratic | ||
| Recorder | Steve Grider | Democratic | ||
| Sheriff | Daniel R. Bullock | Democratic | ||
| Treasurer | Kerry Glore | Democratic | ||
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| 2008 Republican primary in Missouri | ||
| John McCain | 1,727 (38.01%) | |
| Mike Huckabee | 1,631 (35.90%) | |
| Mitt Romney | 949 (20.89%) | |
| Ron Paul | 134 (2.95%) | |
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| 2008 Democratic primary in Missouri | ||
| Hillary Clinton | 5,418 (70.25%) | |
| Barack Obama | 1,993 (25.84%) | |
| John Edwards (withdrawn) | 224 (2.90%) | |
St. Francois County /ˌseɪnt ˈfrænsᵻs/ is a county located in the Lead Belt region in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 65,359. The largest city and county seat is Farmington. The county was officially organized on December 19, 1821. It was named after the St. Francis River. The origin of the river's name is unclear. It might refer to St. Francis of Assisi. Another possibility is that Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit who explored the region in 1673, named the river for the Jesuit missionary Francis Xavier. Marquette had spent some time at the mission of St. Francois Xavier before his voyage and, as a Jesuit, was unlikely to have given the river a name honoring the Franciscans.
St. Francois County comprises the Farmington, MO Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL Combined Statistical Area.
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