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Ripley County is a county in the Ozarks of Missouri.At the 2020 census, it had a population of 10,679. [1] The largest city and county seat is Doniphan. [2] The county was officially organized on January 5, 1833, and is named after Brigadier General Eleazer Wheelock Ripley, a soldier who served with distinction in the War of 1812.
Potosi is a city in Washington County, Missouri, United States. Potosi is seventy-two miles southwest of St. Louis. The population was 2,660 as of the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Washington County. [4] Located in the Lead Belt, the city was founded in 1763 by French colonists as Mine à Breton or Mine au Breton.
Adair County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Missouri.The population census for 2020 was 25,314. [1] As of July 1, 2021, the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Estimates for the county is 25,185, a -0.5% change.
A post office called Arbyrd has been in operation since 1911. [4] The town's name is a contraction of A. R. Byrd, a land and cattle speculator from the St. Louis area who lived near San Antonio, Texas, at the time he purchased just over 4000 acres of mostly hardwood timber land just to the north of where the town was originally platted.
Dade County is a county located in the southwest part of the U.S. state of Missouri.As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,569. [1] Its county seat is Greenfield. [2] The county was organized in 1841 and named after Major Francis L. Dade of Virginia, who was killed in the Second Seminole War in 1835.
The county has two county seats — Jonesboro and Lake City. [2] Craighead County is Arkansas's 58th county, formed on February 19, 1859, and named for state Senator Thomas Craighead. It is one of several dry counties within the state of Arkansas, in which the sale of alcoholic beverages is largely prohibited.
Camden County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri.As of the 2020 Census, the population was 42,745. [1] Its county seat is Camdenton. [2] The county was organized on January 29, 1841, as Kinderhook County and renamed Camden County in 1843 after Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom and leader of the British Whig Party.
Barton County is a county located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census , the population was 11,637. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Lamar . [ 2 ]