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Clark County
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county in Missouri, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- Founded
- December 16, 1836
- Named after
- William Clark
- Seat
- Kahoka
- Largest city
- Kahoka
- Total
- 512 sq mi (1,330 km )
- Land
- 505 sq mi (1,310 km )
- Water
- 7.1 sq mi (18 km ) 1.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 6,475
- Density
- 13.1/sq mi (5.07/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 6th
- Website
- https://clarkcountymo.org/
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Clark County, Missouri courthouse as it appeared circa 1878. Clark County Courthouse in 2007. It was demolished in 2010 despite being on the National Register of Historic Places.
Clark County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, its population was 6,634. Its county seat is Kahoka. The county was organized December 16, 1836, and named for William Clark, leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and later Governor of Missouri Territory.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Clark County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.