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Chariton County
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county in Missouri, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- Founded
- November 16, 1820
- Named after
- The Chariton River
- Seat
- Keytesville
- Largest city
- Salisbury
- Total
- 767 sq mi (1,990 km )
- Land
- 751 sq mi (1,950 km )
- Water
- 16 sq mi (41 km ) 2.0%
- Estimate 2025
- 7,377
- Density
- 9.86/sq mi (3.81/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 6th
- Website
- https://www.charitonco.com/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Missouri
- Contains
- Keytesville
- Capital
- Keytesville
- Population
- 7408
- Area
- 1990
- Shares border with
- Randolph County
- Official website
- www.charitonco.com
- Image
- Chariton County Missouri courthouse 20151004-127.jpg
- Households
- 2723
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- Commons category
- Chariton County, Missouri
- topic's main category
- Category:Chariton County, Missouri
- inception
- 1820-11-16
- water as percent of area
- 2
- native label
- Chariton County
- per capita income
- 25177
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Chariton County, Missouri
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Encyclopedic overview
Chariton County is a county located in the north-central portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,408. Its county seat is Keytesville. The county was organized November 16, 1820, from part of Howard County and is named for the Chariton River.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chariton County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.