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Reynolds County
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county in Missouri, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- Founded
- February 25, 1845; 180 years ago
- Named after
- Thomas Reynolds
- Seat
- Centerville
- Largest city
- Ellington
- Total
- 814 sq mi (2,110 km )
- Land
- 808 sq mi (2,090 km )
- Water
- 5.9 sq mi (15 km ) 0.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 5,992
- Density
- 7.54/sq mi (2.91/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 8th
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Reynolds County is a county located in the Ozark Foothills Region in the Lead Belt of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,096. Its county seat is Centerville. The county was officially organized on February 25, 1845, and was named in honor of former Governor of Missouri Thomas Reynolds.
The county is home to Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park, a popular tourist attraction in the state of Missouri.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Reynolds County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.