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Ray County
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county in Missouri, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- Founded
- November 16, 1820
- Named after
- John Ray, Missouri state legislator
- Seat
- Richmond
- Largest city
- Richmond
- Total
- 574 sq mi (1,490 km )
- Land
- 569 sq mi (1,470 km )
- Water
- 5.1 sq mi (13 km ) 0.9%
- Estimate 2025
- 23,398
- Density
- 40.7/sq mi (15.7/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 5th
- Website
- www .raycountymo .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Ray County, Missouri
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Missouri
- Contains
- Richmond
- Capital
- Richmond
- Population
- 23158
- Area
- 1486
- Shares border with
- Jackson County
- Official website
- www.raycountymo.com
- Image
- RAY COUNTY COURTHOUSE.jpg
- Households
- 8766
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- Commons category
- Ray County, Missouri
- topic's main category
- Category:Ray County, Missouri
- inception
- 1820-11-16
- water as percent of area
- 0.9
- native label
- Ray County
- per capita income
- 32165
- different from
- Ray County
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Ray County, Missouri
- topic has template
- Template:Ray County, Missouri
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Encyclopedic overview
Ray County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,158. Its county seat is Richmond. The county was organized November 16, 1820, and named for John Ray, a Missouri state legislator and member of the first state Constitutional Convention.
Geography
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