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Monroe County
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county in Missouri, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- Founded
- January 6, 1831
- Named after
- James Monroe
- Seat
- Paris
- Largest city
- Monroe City
- Total
- 670 sq mi (1,700 km )
- Land
- 648 sq mi (1,680 km )
- Water
- 23 sq mi (60 km ) 3.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 8,959
- Density
- 13.8/sq mi (5.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 6th
- Website
- www .monroecountymo .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- James Monroe
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Missouri
- Contains
- Paris
- Capital
- Paris
- Population
- 8666
- Area
- 1736
- Shares border with
- Macon County
- Official website
- www.monroecountymo.org
- Image
- Monroe County Missouri Courthouse.JPG
- Households
- 3731
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- water as percent of area
- 3.4
- native label
- Monroe County
- Commons category
- Monroe County, Missouri
- topic's main category
- Category:Monroe County, Missouri
- inception
- 1831-01-06
- different from
- Monroe County
- per capita income
- 25180
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Monroe County, Missouri
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Encyclopedic overview
Monroe County is a county in northeast Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,666. Its county seat is Paris. It is the birthplace of Mark Twain.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Monroe County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.