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Mercer County
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county in Missouri, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- Founded
- February 14, 1845
- Named after
- John Francis Mercer
- Seat
- Princeton
- Largest city
- Princeton
- Total
- 455 sq mi (1,180 km )
- Land
- 454 sq mi (1,180 km )
- Water
- 1.3 sq mi (3.4 km ) 0.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 3,404
- Density
- 7.6/sq mi (2.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 6th
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- John Francis Mercer
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Missouri
- Contains
- Princeton
- Capital
- Princeton
- Population
- 3538
- Area
- 1179
- Shares border with
- Grundy County
- Image
- Mercer County Missouri Courthouse 20151003-051.jpg
- Households
- 1333
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- Commons category
- Mercer County, Missouri
- topic's main category
- Category:Mercer County, Missouri
- inception
- 1845-02-14
- different from
- Mercer County
- water as percent of area
- 0.3
- native label
- Mercer County
- per capita income
- 23272
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Mercer County, Missouri
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Encyclopedic overview
Mercer County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,538, making it the second-least populous county in Missouri. Its county seat is Princeton. The county was organized February 14, 1845, and named for General John F. Mercer of the Revolutionary War.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mercer County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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