Gentry County
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county in Missouri, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- Founded
- February 14, 1841
- Named after
- Richard Gentry
- Seat
- Albany
- Largest city
- Albany
- Total
- 492 sq mi (1,270 km )
- Land
- 491 sq mi (1,270 km )
- Water
- 0.3 sq mi (0.78 km ) 0.06%
- Estimate 2025
- 6,384
- Density
- 12.5/sq mi (4.85/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 6th
- Website
- gentrycounty .net
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Gentry County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,162. Its county seat is Albany. The county was organized February 14, 1841 and named for General Richard Gentry of Boone County, who fell in the Seminole War in 1837.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gentry County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.