St. Francois County
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county in Missouri, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- Founded
- December 19, 1821
- Named after
- St. Francis River
- Seat
- Farmington
- Largest city
- Farmington
- Total
- 455 sq mi (1,180 km )
- Land
- 452 sq mi (1,170 km )
- Water
- 2.8 sq mi (7.3 km ) 0.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 67,809
- Density
- 148/sq mi (57.2/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 8th
- Website
- www .sfcgov .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- St. Francis River
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Missouri
- Capital
- Farmington
- Population
- 66922
- Area
- 1172
- Shares border with
- Washington County
- Official website
- www.sfcgov.org
- Image
- St Francois County Missouri Courthouse-20150101-073-pano.jpg
- Households
- 24572
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- Commons category
- St. Francois County, Missouri
- topic's main category
- Category:St. Francois County, Missouri
- water as percent of area
- 0.6
- native label
- St. Francois County
- inception
- 1821-12-19
- category of associated people
- Category:People from St. Francois County, Missouri
- per capita income
- 22577
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Encyclopedic overview
St. Francois County (/ˈfrænsɪs/ FRAN-siss) is a county in the Lead Belt region in the U.S. state of Missouri. At the 2020 census, the population was 66,922. The largest city and county seat is Farmington. The county was officially organized on December 19, 1821. It was named after the St. Francis River. The origin of the river's name is unclear. It may refer to St. Francis of Assisi. Another possibility is that Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit who explored the region in 1673, named the river for the Jesuit missionary Francis Xavier; Marquette had spent some time at the mission of St. François Xavier before his voyage and, as a Jesuit, was unlikely to have given the river a name honoring the Franciscans.
St. Francois County comprises the Farmington Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the St. Louis–St. Charles–Farmington–Illinois Combined Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “St. Francois County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.