Carter County
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county in Missouri, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- Founded
- March 10, 1859
- Named after
- Zimri A. Carter, a pioneer settler who came to Missouri from South Carolina in 1812
- Seat
- Van Buren
- Largest city
- Van Buren
- Total
- 509 sq mi (1,320 km )
- Land
- 507 sq mi (1,310 km )
- Water
- 1.7 sq mi (4.4 km )
- Estimate 2025
- 5,418
- Density
- 10/sq mi (3.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 8th
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Missouri
- Contains
- Van Buren
- Capital
- Van Buren
- Population
- 5202
- Area
- 1318
- Shares border with
- Butler County
- Official website
- www.cartercountymosheriff.org/page.php?id=6
- Image
- Carter County, Missouri, county courthouse - 2013-10-26.jpg
- Households
- 2334
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- Commons category
- Carter County, Missouri
- topic's main category
- Category:Carter County, Missouri
- native label
- Carter County
- inception
- 1859-05-10
- different from
- Carter County
- water as percent of area
- 0.3
- per capita income
- 23382
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Encyclopedic overview
Carter County is a county in the Ozarks of Missouri. At the 2020 census, it had a population of 5,202. The largest city and county seat is Van Buren. The county was officially organized on March 10, 1859, and is named after Zimri A. Carter, a pioneer settler who came to Missouri from South Carolina in 1812.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Carter County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.