Scott County, Missouri
| Scott County, Missouri | |
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Scott County courthouse in Benton
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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 28, 1821 |
| Named for | John Scott |
| Seat | Benton |
| Largest city | Sikeston |
| Area | |
| • Total | 426 sq mi (1,103 km2) |
| • Land | 420 sq mi (1,088 km2) |
| • Water | 5.9 sq mi (15 km2), 1.4% |
| Population (est.) | |
| • (2015) | 39,008 |
| • Density | 93/sq mi (36/km²) |
| Congressional district | 8th |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Website | www |
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| Elected countywide officials | ||||
| Assessor | Teresa Houchin | Democratic | ||
| Circuit Clerk | Christy Hency | Democratic | ||
| County Clerk | Rita Milam | Democratic | ||
| Collector | Mark Hensley | Democratic | ||
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Commissioner (Presiding) |
Jamie Burger | Democratic | ||
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Commissioner (District 1) |
Dennis Ziegenhorn | Democratic | ||
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Commissioner (District 2) |
Donnie Kiefer | Democratic | ||
| Coroner | Scott C. Amick | Democratic | ||
| Prosecuting Attorney | Paul R. Boyd | Democratic | ||
| Public Administrator | Pam Dirnberger | Democratic | ||
| Recorder | Tara Mason | Democratic | ||
| Sheriff | Wes Drury | Republican | ||
| Surveyor | Brian Strickland | Democratic | ||
| Treasurer | Glenda Enderle | Democratic | ||
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| 2008 Republican primary in Missouri | ||
| John McCain | 1,389 (32.99%) | |
| Mike Huckabee | 1,549 (36.79%) | |
| Mitt Romney | 1,076 (25.56%) | |
| Ron Paul | 113 (2.68%) | |
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| 2008 Democratic primary in Missouri | ||
| Hillary Clinton | 2,931 (63.43%) | |
| Barack Obama | 1,443 (31.23%) | |
| John Edwards (withdrawn) | 191 (4.13%) | |
Scott County is a county located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 39,191. Its county seat is Benton. The county was organized in 1821 and named for U.S. Representative John Scott, the first federal representative from Missouri.
Scott County comprises the Sikeston, MO Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Cape Girardeau-Sikeston, MO-IL Combined Statistical Area.
The county is home to Scott County Central High School, which has won 18 state championships in boys basketball—the most of any high school in the state.
This area along the Mississippi River was long occupied by indigenous peoples. In historic times, the large and powerful Osage people dominated a large territory including this area and up and west from the later St. Louis, Missouri. Cape St. Croix, a rock island in the Mississippi River, has a cross erected by Jesuit missionary Father De Montigny, who traveled with early French explorers in 1599. Some French colonists established trading relationships with the Osage; the traders were based in St. Louis, founded in the late 18th century.
Spain had taken control in 1763 after French lost to Britain in the Seven Years' War. They laid out the King’s Highway (El Camino Real) in 1789, a north-south route crossing the county and extending through St. Louis, Missouri. In the late 1790s, Southerners were the first United States settlers on Spanish land grants in this area. France briefly took back the territory, then sold it to the United States in 1803 as part of the Louisiana Purchase.
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