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Dade County
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county in Missouri, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- Founded
- January 29, 1841
- Named after
- Francis L. Dade
- Seat
- Greenfield
- Largest city
- Greenfield
- Total
- 506 sq mi (1,310 km )
- Land
- 490 sq mi (1,300 km )
- Water
- 16 sq mi (41 km ) 3.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 7,804
- Density
- 15.5/sq mi (6.0/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- https://www.dadecountymo.gov/
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Dade County is a county located in the southwest part of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,569. Its county seat is Greenfield. The county was organized in 1841 and named after Major Francis L. Dade of Virginia, who was killed in the Second Seminole War in 1835.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dade County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.