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Maries County
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county in Missouri, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- Founded
- March 2, 1855
- Named after
- The Maries River and Little Maries River
- Seat
- Vienna
- Largest city
- Belle
- Total
- 530 sq mi (1,400 km )
- Land
- 527 sq mi (1,360 km )
- Water
- 2.9 sq mi (7.5 km ) 0.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 8,397
- Density
- 16.0/sq mi (6.18/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- www .mariescountymo .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Maries County
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Missouri
- Contains
- Vienna
- Capital
- Vienna
- Population
- 8432
- Area
- 1373
- Shares border with
- Phelps County
- Official website
- www.mariescountymo.gov
- Image
- Mariess-county-court.jpg
- Households
- 3808
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- Commons category
- Maries County, Missouri
- topic's main category
- Category:Maries County, Missouri
- water as percent of area
- 0.6
- native label
- Maries County
- inception
- 1855-03-02
- per capita income
- 26756
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Encyclopedic overview
Maries County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, its population was 8,432. Its county seat is Vienna. The county was organized March 2, 1855, and named for the Maries River and Little Maries River. The word "Maries" is derived from the French word marais, which means "marsh, lake, or pond".
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Maries County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.