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Douglas County
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county in Missouri, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- Founded
- October 19, 1857
- Named after
- Stephen A. Douglas
- Seat
- Ava
- Largest city
- Ava
- Total
- 815 sq mi (2,110 km )
- Land
- 814 sq mi (2,110 km )
- Water
- 1.0 sq mi (2.6 km ) 0.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 12,342
- Density
- 14.2/sq mi (5.49/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 8th
- Website
- https://www.mocounties.com/douglas-county
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Stephen A. Douglas
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Missouri
- Contains
- Ava
- Capital
- Ava
- Population
- 11578
- Area
- 2110
- Shares border with
- Taney County
- Official website
- www.mocounties.com/douglas-county
- Image
- Douglas County Court House - Ava, MO.jpg
- Households
- 5317
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- Commons category
- Douglas County, Missouri
- topic's main category
- Category:Douglas County, Missouri
- water as percent of area
- 0.1
- inception
- 1857-10-29
- native label
- Douglas County
- per capita income
- 23883
- topic has template
- Template:Douglas County, Missouri
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Encyclopedic overview
Douglas County is a county located in the south-central portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,578. The county seat and only incorporated community is Ava. The county was officially organized on October 19, 1857, and is named after U.S. Senator Stephen A. Douglas (D-Illinois) and later Democratic presidential candidate.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Douglas County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.