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Cole County
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county in Missouri, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- Named after
- Stephen Cole
- Seat
- Jefferson City
- Largest city
- Jefferson City
- Total
- 402 sq mi (1,040 km )
- Land
- 394 sq mi (1,020 km )
- Water
- 8.2 sq mi (21 km ) 2.0%
- Estimate 2025
- 77,908
- Density
- 196/sq mi (75.7/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- www .colecounty .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Missouri
- Contains
- Jefferson City
- Capital
- Jefferson City
- Population
- 77279
- Area
- 1034
- Shares border with
- Osage County
- Official website
- www.colecounty.org
- Image
- Cole County MO Courthouse 20140920-1.jpg
- Households
- 30291
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- Commons category
- Cole County, Missouri
- topic's main category
- Category:Cole County, Missouri
- inception
- 1820-11-16
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Cole County, Missouri
- water as percent of area
- 2
- native label
- Cole County
- per capita income
- 31790
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Encyclopedic overview
Cole County is located in the central part of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, its population was 77,279. Its county seat and most populous city is Jefferson City, the state capital. The county was organized November 16, 1820, and named after pioneer William Temple Cole who built Cole's Fort in Boonville.
Cole County is in the Jefferson City, MO Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is south of the Missouri River.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cole County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.