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Cedar County
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county in Missouri, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- Founded
- February 14, 1845
- Named after
- Cedar Creek , a tributary of the Sac River
- Seat
- Stockton
- Largest city
- El Dorado Springs
- Total
- 499 sq mi (1,290 km )
- Land
- 474 sq mi (1,230 km )
- Water
- 24 sq mi (62 km ) 4.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 14,888
- Density
- 29.9/sq mi (11.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- cedarcountymo .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Cedar County is a county located in the southwest portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,188. The county seat is Stockton. The county was founded February 14, 1845, and named after Cedar Creek, a tributary of the Sac River, which in turn is named from the Eastern red cedar, a common tree of the area.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cedar County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.