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Ste. Genevieve County
Sign in to saveAlso known as Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, Sainte Genevieve County, Ste. Genevieve County, MO
county in Missouri, United States
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Within Vinony's link graph, Ste. Genevieve County is referenced by 538 other articles, and connects out to race and ethnicity in the United States Census, Missouri and African Americans.
The entry is geolocated on the map.
It sits within the topics 1812 establishments in Missouri Territory, Missouri counties and Missouri counties on the Mississippi River.
Its subject is documented across 44 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- Founded
- October 1, 1812
- Named after
- Saint Genevieve
- Seat
- Ste. Genevieve
- Largest city
- Ste. Genevieve
- Total
- 507 sq mi (1,310 km )
- Land
- 499 sq mi (1,290 km )
- Water
- 7.6 sq mi (20 km ) 1.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 18,689
- Density
- 37.0/sq mi (14.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 8th
- Website
- stegencounty .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Genevieve of Paris
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Missouri
- Capital
- Ste. Genevieve
- Population
- 18479
- Area
- 1318
- Shares border with
- Jefferson County
- Official website
- stegencounty.org
- Image
- SteGenevieve Missouri Courthouse-20150101-007.jpg
- Households
- 7252
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- Commons category
- Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri
- topic's main category
- Category:Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri
- inception
- 1812-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 1.5
- native label
- Ste. Genevieve County
- per capita income
- 33049
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Encyclopedic overview
Sainte Genevieve County, often abbreviated Ste. Genevieve County (French: comté de Ste-Geneviève), is a county located in the eastern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,479. The largest city and county seat is Ste. Genevieve. The county was officially organized on October 1, 1812, and is named after the Spanish district once located in the region, after Saint Genevieve, patroness of Paris, France.
It includes Ste. Genevieve, the earliest settlement west of the Mississippi River outside New Spain, and one of the French colonial mid-Mississippi valley villages. It is one of the last places where Paw Paw French is still spoken.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ste. Genevieve County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.