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Polk County, Missouri

Polk County is a county located in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 31,519. Its county seat is Bolivar. The county was organized January 5, 1835, and named for Ezekiel Polk.

Polk County is part of the Springfield, MO Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History
Polk County was separated and organized from Greene County on January 5, 1835. A supplement to the boundary change was made on March 13, 1835. Its original boundaries were later reduced in creating Dade, Dallas, and Hickory counties. It was named in honor of Col. Ezekiel Polk of Tennessee, a soldier who served under General George Washington and who was the grandfather of John Polk Campbell and Ezekiel Madison Campbell, brothers who helped to settle Polk and Greene counties. Ezekiel Polk was also the grandfather of James K. Polk, who was a member of the US House of Representatives in 1835. He was elected President of the United States in 1844.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 642 sqmi, of which 636 sqmi is land and 6.9 sqmi (1.1%) is water.

Adjacent counties

 * Hickory County (north)
 * Dallas County (east)
 * Greene County (south)
 * Dade County (southwest)
 * Cedar County (west)
 * St. Clair County (northwest)

Major highways

 * [[Image:MO-13.svg|20px]] Route 13
 * [[Image:MO-32.svg|20px]] Route 32
 * [[Image:MO-83.svg|20px]] Route 83
 * [[Image:MO-123.svg|20px]] Route 123
 * [[Image:MO-215.svg|20px]] Route 215

Transit

 * Jefferson Lines

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 26,992 people, 9,917 households, and 7,140 families residing in the county. The population density was 42 PD/sqmi. There were 11,183 housing units at an average density of 18 /mi2. The racial makeup of the county was 97.26% White, 0.45% Black or African American, 0.67% Native American, 0.19% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.33% from other races, and 1.06% from two or more races. Approximately 1.30% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 9,917 households, out of which 33.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.50% were married couples living together, 8.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.00% were non-families. 23.20% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 25.70% under the age of 18, 12.60% from 18 to 24, 25.50% from 25 to 44, 20.80% from 45 to 64, and 15.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $29,656, and the median income for a family was $35,843. Males had a median income of $25,383 versus $18,799 for females. The per capita income for the county was $13,645. About 11.10% of families and 16.30% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.00% of those under age 18 and 12.00% of those age 65 or over.

Public libraries

 * Polk County Public Library

Media
The Bolivar Herald-Free Press is published twice weekly.

Cities

 * Bolivar (county seat)
 * Fair Play
 * Humansville
 * Morrisville
 * Pleasant Hope

Villages

 * Aldrich
 * Flemington
 * Goodnight, from 2003 to 2016
 * Halfway

Unincorporated communities

 * Adonis
 * Brighton
 * Burns
 * Cliquot
 * Dunnegan
 * Eudora
 * Goodson
 * Graydon Springs
 * Huckaby
 * Huron
 * Karlin
 * Knox
 * Mohawk Corner
 * Polk
 * Rimby
 * Rock Prairie
 * Rondo
 * Schofield
 * Sentinel
 * Slagle
 * Sunset
 * Tin Town
 * Van
 * Violet
 * West Bend
 * Wishart

Townships
Polk County is divided into 22 townships:

 * Campbell Township
 * Cliquot Township
 * East Looney Township
 * East Madison Township
 * Flemington Township
 * Jackson Township
 * Jefferson Township
 * Johnson Township
 * McKinley Township
 * Mooney Township
 * North Benton Township
 * North Green Township
 * Northeast Marion Township
 * Northwest Marion Township
 * South Benton Township
 * South Green Township
 * Southeast Marion Township
 * Southwest Marion Township
 * Union Township
 * West Looney Township
 * West Madison Township
 * Wishart Township

Local
The Republican Party completely controls politics at the local level in Polk County. Republicans hold all of the elected positions in the county.

State
All of Polk County is in the 128th district in the Missouri House of Representatives, and is represented by Mike Stephens (R-Bolivar).

All of Polk County is a part of Missouri's 28th District in the Missouri Senate, which is currently vacant. The previous incumbent, Mike Parson, was elected Missouri Lieutenant Governor in November 2016.

Federal
All of Polk county is included in Missouri's 7th Congressional District and is currently represented by Billy Long (R-Springfield) in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Political culture
Polk County has been a Republican Party stronghold for most of its history at the presidential level. In only four presidential elections from 1896 to the present has a Democratic Party candidate carried the county, the most recent being Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964.

Missouri presidential preference primary (2008)
Former Governor Mike Huckabee (R-Arkansas) received more votes, a total of 2,317, than any candidate from either party in Polk County during the 2008 presidential primary.

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Talk:Norbiton

Does Norbiton really exist?
I'm just wondering if anyone has any information as to why Kingston council have replaced Norbiton with Kingston on road/street signs? IAFYM (talk) 00:01, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

I have no idea. All the other nearby areas - Coobme and Kingston Hill have the correct road signs.

However the article is wrong. I live in Norbiton and fall under the constituency of Richmond Park. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.144.18.254 (talk) 07:40, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

History
Just how big is Norbiton? And surely something happened there before 1960. What was its previous administration before the Royal London Borough of Kingston upon Thames came along? --Oldontarian (talk) 09:46, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

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Platte County, Missouri

Platte 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 106,718. Its county seat is Platte City. The county was organized December 31, 1838, from the Platte Purchase, named for the Platte River. (Platte is derived from the French word for a low, shallow, or intermittent stream.) The Kansas City International Airport is located in the county, approximately one mile west of Interstate 29 between mile markers 12 and 15. The land for the airport was originally in an unincorporated portion of Platte County before being annexed by Platte City, and eventually Kansas City.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 427 sqmi, of which 420 sqmi is land and 6.6 sqmi (1.5%) is water. The county's southwestern border with Kansas is formed by the Missouri River.

Adjacent counties

 * Buchanan County (north)
 * Clinton County (northeast)
 * Clay County (east)
 * Wyandotte County, Kansas (south)
 * Leavenworth County, Kansas (southwest)
 * Atchison County, Kansas (northwest)

Major highways

 * [[Image:I-29 (MO).svg|20px]] Interstate 29
 * [[Image:I-435 (MO).svg|20px]] Interstate 435
 * [[Image:I-635 (MO).svg|20px]] Interstate 635
 * [[Image:US 71.svg|20px]] U.S. Route 71
 * [[Image:MO-9.svg|20px]] Route 9
 * [[Image:MO-45.svg|20px]] Route 45
 * [[Image:MO-92.svg|20px]] Route 92
 * [[Image:MO-152.svg|20px]] Route 152
 * [[Image:MO-273.svg|20px]] Route 273
 * [[Image:MO-371.svg|20px]] Route 371

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 73,781 people, 29,278 households, and 20,231 families residing in the county. The population density was 176 /mi2. There were 30,902 housing units at an average density of 74 /mi2. The racial makeup of the county was 91.45% White, 3.49% Black or African American, 0.46% Native American, 1.48% Asian, 0.20% Pacific Islander, 1.05% from other races, and 1.87% from two or more races. Approximately 3.00% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 23.4% were of German, 12.5% Irish, 12.2% American and 11.4% English ancestry.

There were 29,278 households, out of which 34.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.00% were married couples living together, 8.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.90% were non-families. 24.90% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 25.80% under the age of 18, 8.30% from 18 to 24, 32.60% from 25 to 44, 24.50% from 45 to 64, and 8.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 98.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $55,849, and the median income for a family was $65,236. Males had a median income of $44,310 versus $31,005 for females. The per capita income for the county was $26,356. About 3.30% of families and 4.80% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.70% of those under age 18 and 5.70% of those age 65 or over.

School districts
School districts (all full K-12) include:

 * East Buchanan County C-1 School District
 * North Kansas City 74 School District
 * North Platte County R-I School District
 * Park Hill School District
 * Platte County R-III School District
 * Smithville R-II School District
 * West Platte County R-II School District

Public schools

 * North Platte R-I School District – Dearborn
 * North Platte Elementary School (PK-03)
 * North Platte Intermediate School (04-06)
 * North Platte Junior High School (07-08)
 * North Platte High School (09-12)
 * Park Hill School District – Kansas City
 * Russell Jones Education Center (K-12) – (Special Education)
 * Hopewell Elementary School (K-05)
 * Alfred L. Renner Elementary School (K-05)
 * Thomas B. Chinn Elementary School (K-05)
 * English Landing Elementary School (K-05)
 * Graden Elementary School (K-05)
 * Hawthorn Elementary School (K-05)
 * Line Creek Elementary School (K-05)
 * Gerner Family Early Education Center (PK)
 * Prairie Point Elementary School (K-05)
 * Southeast Elementary School (K-05)
 * Tiffany Ridge Elementary School (K-05)
 * Union Chapel Elementary School (K-05)
 * Congress Middle School (06-08)
 * Lakeview Middle School (06-08)
 * Plaza Middle School (06-08)
 * Walden Middle School (06-08)
 * Park Hill High School (09-12) -- within Kansas City city limits
 * Park Hill South High School (09-12) – Riverside
 * LEAD Innovation Studio (09-12)
 * Platte County R-III School District – Platte City
 * Donald D. Siegrist Elementary School (K-5)
 * Pathfinder Elementary School (PK-5)
 * Compass Elementary School (PK-5)
 * Barry Elementary School (PK-5)
 * Platte Purchase Middle School (06-08)
 * Platte City Middle School (06-08)
 * Platte County High School (09-12)
 * West Platte County R-II School District – Weston
 * Central Elementary School (PK-06)
 * West Platte County High School (07-12)

Private schools

 * Clay-Platte Children's House Montessori School – Kansas City (PK-08) – Nonsectarian
 * Martin Luther Academy – Kansas City (K-08) – Lutheran
 * Northland Christian Education System – Kansas City (PK-12) – Nondenominational Christian
 * St. Therese School – Kansas City (K-08) – Roman Catholic
 * Prairie View KinderCare – Kansas City (NS/PK) – Nonsectarian
 * Christ Lutheran Pre-Kindergarten School – Platte Woods (NS/PK) – Lutheran
 * Our Savior Christian Academy - Platte City and Smithville (PK-12)

Public libraries

 * Mid-Continent Public Library

Cities

 * Camden Point
 * Dearborn
 * Edgerton
 * Houston Lake
 * Kansas City (partly in Jackson and Clay counties and a small part in Cass County)
 * Lake Waukomis
 * Northmoor
 * Parkville
 * Platte City (county seat)
 * Platte Woods
 * Riverside
 * Smithville (mostly in Clay County)
 * Tracy
 * Weatherby Lake
 * Weston

Villages

 * Farley
 * Ferrelview
 * Iatan
 * Ridgely

Civil townships

 * Carroll
 * Fair
 * Fox
 * Green
 * Kickapoo
 * Lee
 * Marshall
 * May
 * Pawnee
 * Pettis
 * Preston
 * Sioux
 * Waldron
 * Weston

Unincorporated communities

 * Beverly
 * Dye
 * East Leavenworth
 * Edgerton Junction
 * Hoover
 * Kerrville
 * New Market
 * Stillings
 * Stubbs
 * Waldron
 * West Platte
 * Woodruff

Local
The Republican Party controls politics at the local level in Platte County. Republicans hold all of the elected positions in the county. However, Governor Jay Nixon carried the county in his two successful elections, and in 2004, Claire McCaskill of Jackson County narrowly won a majority of the county's votes over Republican victor Matt Blunt. While the county has swung to the Republican party, the presence of Kansas City has helped keep the county competitive into the 21st century.

State
Platte County is divided into three legislative districts in the Missouri House of Representatives, one held by a Republican and two held by Democrats.

 * District 12 — Jamie Johnson (D-Kansas City). Consists of Parkville, Riverside, and Platte Woods.

 * District 13 — Sean Pouche (R-Kansas City). Consists of the communities of Platte City, Weston, Farley, Ferrelview, and a part of the city of Kansas City. District 13 also consists of portions of Buchannan County.

 * District 14 – Ashley Aune (D-Kansas City). Consists of the communities of Houston Lake, Lake Waukomis, Weatherby Lake, Northmoor, and part of the city of Kansas City.

All of Platte County is a part of Missouri's 34th District in the Missouri Senate and is currently represented by Tony Luetkemeyer (R-Parkville).

Federal
All of Platte County is included in Missouri's 6th Congressional District and is currently represented by Sam Graves (R-Tarkio) in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Missouri presidential preference primary (2008)
Former U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-New York) received more votes, a total of 5,434, than any candidate from either party in Platte County during the 2008 presidential primary.

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Pike County, Missouri

Pike County is a county on the eastern border of the U.S. state of Missouri, bounded by the Mississippi River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,587. Its county seat is Bowling Green. Its namesake was a city in middle Kentucky, a region from where many early migrants came. The county was organized December 14, 1818, and named for explorer Zebulon Pike. The folksong "Sweet Betsy from Pike" is generally thought to be associated with Pike County, Missouri.

Pike County is said to be the home of Momo (The Missouri Monster). The first reported sightings in the 1970s were traced to various locations throughout the county.

History
The first settler other than native americans was William Spencer in 1799. Spencer came for a salt spring now known as Spencer Lick to start a salt manufacturing business. The salt was made to be shipped to St. Louis, a new but growing town at the time. Spencer abandoned his business when unfriendly native americans became a threat to his safety. He relocated the enterprise to Ralls County.

The history of Pike County is complicated by the fact that at its establishment in 1818, it included today's boundaries plus all counties north of it, plus the counties bordering all of them on the west, in total over 6 or 7 times larger than its current size, and thus covering the northeast border area of today's State of Missouri. Pike county and the counties north of it were gradually reduced in size by the creation of Ralls and subsequent new counties including Marion, Lewis, Clark, Scotland, Knox, Shelby, and Monroe.

The county was first settled by migrants from the Upper South. Some, though not all, were sympathetic to the Confederate cause in later decades. After the end of the post-Civil-War Reconstruction era, some of the county's inhabitants enforced Jim Crow laws and racial segregation in the county to maintain what has been labeled by some as "white supremacy". This occurred despite the fact that key US/Unionist military operations to control "Confederate" upstarts were launched from Pike County and had bases there.

In a violent period near the turn of the 20th century, five African Americans were tragically lynched in Pike County between 1891 and 1914. Among those were Curtis and Sam Young, who were both lynched for allegedly murdering the city marshall, Walter Meloan, on June 6, 1898, in Clarksville, a small town on the Mississippi River. Pike tied with Howard County, Missouri for the highest number of lynchings of African Americans in the state during this historical period.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 685 sqmi, of which 670 sqmi is land and 14 sqmi (2.1%) is water.

Adjacent counties

 * Ralls County (northwest)
 * Pike County, Illinois (northeast)
 * Calhoun County, Illinois (east)
 * Lincoln County (south)
 * Montgomery County (southwest)
 * Audrain County (west)

Transit

 * Burlington Trailways
 * OATS Transit

Railroads

 * BNSF Railway
 * Canadian Pacific Kansas City

Major highways

 * GreatRiverRoad.svg Great River Road
 * GreatRiverRoad.svg Great River Road
 * GreatRiverRoad.svg Great River Road
 * GreatRiverRoad.svg Great River Road
 * GreatRiverRoad.svg Great River Road
 * GreatRiverRoad.svg Great River Road
 * GreatRiverRoad.svg Great River Road
 * GreatRiverRoad.svg Great River Road
 * GreatRiverRoad.svg Great River Road
 * GreatRiverRoad.svg Great River Road

Former roadways

 * Red Ball Route
 * Mississippi River Scenic Route
 * MO-9 (1920).svg Route 9
 * MO-22 (1920).svg Route 22
 * MO-29 (1926).svg Route 29

National protected area

 * Clarence Cannon National Wildlife Refuge

Demographics
As of the census of 2010, there were 18,516 people, 6,451 households, and 4,476 families residing in the county. The population density was 27 /mi2. There were 7,493 housing units at an average density of 11 /mi2. The racial makeup of the county was 88.44% White, 9.17% Black or African American, 0.24% Native American, 0.15% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.92% from other races, and 1.04% from two or more races. Approximately 1.61% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 24.6% were of American, 24.5% German, 8.9% English and 8.5% Irish ancestry.

There were 6,451 households, out of which 31.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.70% were married couples living together, 9.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.60% were non-families. 26.70% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 23.40% under the age of 18, 9.10% from 18 to 24, 29.80% from 25 to 44, 22.80% from 45 to 64, and 15.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 119.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 123.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $32,373, and the median income for a family was $39,059. Males had a median income of $28,528 versus $19,426 for females. The per capita income for the county was $14,462. 15.50% of the population and 11.90% of families were below the poverty line. 20.20% of those under the age of 18 and 15.20% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.

Public schools

 * Boncl R-X School District – Louisiana
 * Boncl Elementary School (PK-08)
 * Bowling Green R-I School District – Bowling Green
 * Bowling Green Elementary School (PK-05)
 * Frankford Elementary School (K-05)
 * Bowling Green Middle School (06-08)
 * Bowling Green High School (09-12)
 * Louisiana R-II School District – Louisiana
 * Louisiana Elementary School (PK-05)
 * Louisiana Middle School (06-08)
 * Louisiana High School (09-12)
 * Pike County R-III School District – Clarksville
 * Clopton Elementary School (PK-06)
 * Clopton High School (07-12)

Private schools

 * Pike County Christian School – Curryville (K-11) – Baptist
 * St. Clement School – Bowling Green (K-09) – Roman Catholic

Public libraries

 * Bowling Green Free Public Library
 * Clarksville Public Library
 * Louisiana Public Library

Cities

 * Bowling Green (county seat)
 * Clarksville
 * Curryville
 * Frankford
 * Louisiana

Villages

 * Annada
 * Ashburn
 * Eolia
 * Paynesville
 * Tarrants

Census-designated places

 * Ashley
 * St. Clement

Other unincorporated places

 * Booth
 * Calumet
 * Cyrene
 * Edgewood
 * Estes
 * Farmer
 * Gazette
 * Kissenger
 * McCune
 * McIntosh
 * New Harmony
 * New Hartford
 * Sledd
 * Spencerburg
 * Stark
 * Vera

Local
The Republican Party predominantly controls politics at the county level in Pike County, with Republicans holding many of the elected positions, with exceptions as stated below. Note that, per the tables below, Republican Pike County voters prevailed in Missouri gubernatorial elections of 2016 and 2004, and came close to a tie for dominance in 2012, followed by a clear overtaking of county politics in 2016, in contrast with a tradition of nominal Democratic party affiliations of county-level officials.

State
Pike County is a part of Missouri's 40th District in the Missouri House of Representatives and is represented by Chad Perkins (R-Bowling Green).

Pike County is a part of Missouri's 18th District in the Missouri Senate and is currently represented by Brian Munzlinger (R-Williamstown).

Federal
Pike County is included in Missouri's 6th Congressional District and is currently represented by Sam Graves (R-Tarkio) in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Missouri presidential preference primary (2008)
Former U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-New York) received more votes, a total of 1,447, than any candidate from either party in Pike County during the 2008 presidential primary. She also received more votes individually than the entire number of votes cast in the Republican Primary in Pike County.

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Talk:Northolt

Location
Northolt is a villiage near ickenham —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.139.168.221 (talk) 12:39, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Crime
I rolled back some crime stuff which was in a mess and unreferenced, but now there's nothing, which isn't good either. Sorry about that. Can anyone with local knowledge find some relevant, well-referenced stuff, please? Thanks and best wishes DBaK (talk) 07:46, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
 * The section seems strange and seems written by somebody with an axe to grind about the place perhaps? Rectory Park Road, quoted, doesn't exist in Northolt (although there is a Rectory Park Avenue) and Nimrod Close is a tiny little side street which should hardly warrant a mention - Maybe the author had some bad experiences in Northolt. Irisismykid (talk) 15:09, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
 * That section has now been removed by an IP editor. As it was totally unreferenced, it's difficult to shed a tear over it. I will continue to hope that if anyone wants to put something in about crime they can provide decent stuff with proper references. I do not think that the section just removed should be restored. Best wishes DBaK (talk) 20:33, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

To: Charlesdrakew You placed the following caution on 15 May 2012: Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did to Northolt. Wikipedia is not a collection of links, nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include (but are not limited to) links to personal web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam guideline for further explanations. Because Wikipedia uses the nofollow attribute value, its external links are disregarded by most search engines. If you feel the link should be added to the article, please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. Thank you. Charles (talk) 12:47, 15 May 2012 (UTC) Sir, Your conclusion is surprising and disappointing. The links added were not inappropriate; nor were they inserted for the purpose of advertising or promotion. The links related directly to schools in the relevant area and Ofsted ratings for those schools. The links were intended to provide a valuable, objective source of reference for parents of potential pupils at local schools. Especially in view of the infamous body of redundancy and misinformation occasionally to be found on Wikipedia, the zeal with which these manifestly well-intentioned and instructive links were sanctioned cannot help but seem (with regret) misguided to the point of ignorance. D. Mon 28 May 2012 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Del71 (talk • contribs) 12:33, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

West London
Northolt is part of The London Borough of Ealing and therefore is West London not Northwest London.
 * Says who?Charles (talk) 17:44, 21 December 2014 (UTC)

 * Boroughs are just one of the  local authority boundaries. Northolt is  also in the Northwest Health Authority and the Northwest London Diocese   and there are a few others. Why should WP pick one over the other and break  normal convention?
 * There is something about maintaining geo spatial relationships. Give an example. Say a visitor to the UK came out of the Tate Modern Gallery and asked you the direction to the Globe Theatre. How do you think he would react if you replied: “Simple, as your now in West London you need to travel some 2½ miles north-east to end up at the Globe in South London.” Wouldn't he look at you as if you were a few cardinal points short of a compass? The consensus that localities which  are in the north-west of London, are continued to be referred to as being in the north-west of London, for the practical conveyancing of  the fact, that their spatial relationship to London, means that, as they are in the north-west of London, they might as well continued to be referred to, as laying in the north-west of London, because that is where they are! This  was the norm long before WP was a twinkle in Jimmy’s eye.  Continuing pontification  in a circular argument  against common sense and  the norm (consensus) is disruptive editing.--Aspro (talk) 22:18, 21 December 2014 (UTC)
 * So why is Thamesmead SE London and not E London? Based on this page:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/61/Londonpostal_iln_1857.jpg

Northolt would be in W not NW. Justgravy (talk) 23:37, 21 December 2014 (UTC)
 * An 1857 postal district map is no use whatsoever. Postal districts names are not geographic descriptions any more than modern postcodes have any geographic meaning - otherwise we could say that Northolt (UB5) is in east Uxbridge! Besides, Northolt's postal address until the 1960s and beyond was Middlesex, not London. Emeraude (talk) 13:14, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

Also, drawing a line between Charing X and the centre of Northolt the angle is less than 292.5 degrees i.e. more west than due WNW i.e. closer to west than northwest. Justgravy (talk) 23:44, 21 December 2014 (UTC)
 * The compass bearing is of no relevance whatsoever - we are not trying to fly an accurate heading from Charing X. Not that Charing X is the geographic centre of London in any case; it's just the arbitrary point from which distances are measured. Look at the map of Greater London, conveniently included in the Northolt article. If you want to say Northolt is in "West London" then you accept that London has only two parts - west and east - which places Northolt in the same zone as Cockfosters and Hadley Wood, both about as far north as possible in London, and Coulsdon (ditto south). Northolt is clearly to the west of a line down the centre of London, by some margin. It's much further west than the West End, which is in central London. But, it is also clearly to the north of a line through the centre of London, making "north west" as a description both more useful and more accurate. Emeraude (talk) 11:36, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
 * This makes no sense! Southall is north of this East / West line through the centre as well so lets change that. Justgravy (talk) 18:59, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

 * Oh I can't believe it! Justgravy has just changed Southall form west to northwest London. Hope he's not a pilot for Coconut Airways. Will never find Barbados.--Aspro (talk) 20:44, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Folks. The long term prevailing consensus (both here on WP and at large) is firmly NW in-regard to this Village and we have better things to do. Lets call it a day and refer further any more disputes to whom ever advises editors on the subject  Competence is required.  Let them take it up, as such a continuation,  may spill out  into  disrupting  Wikimedia Commons and how their editors choose to  describe the  location of images.
 * As the Royal Mail considers UB5 (Northolt's post code) to be in the north-west outer London postal region, then perhaps a category could be created in which to place localities, so as to avoid such a repeat  on other articles.--P.g.champion (talk) 16:06, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Can you please provide a link etc. to this north-west outer London postal region because according to:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ianvisits/4467416568/sizes/o/

It is W. Justgravy (talk) 21:23, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Discussion is over. If you what to escalate this further, suggest you take it to Teahouse.--Aspro (talk) 22:38, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Steady on there. The Teahouse was never intended for this sort of dispute. It is to coach new editors. Try Requests for comment or Village pump.Charles (talk) 10:37, 25 December 2014 (UTC)
 * I am actually curious to read this outer London postal region, to see what is placed where. Justgravy (talk) 23:27, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

Sources for more information
Editor SovalValtos mentions there is little info with which to improve the article. I agree. So I've started doing  a little googling for the historical side:

http://www.google.co.uk/url?q=http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload%3Ft%3Darch-457-1/dissemination/pdf/vol02/vol02_13/02_13_339_342.pdf&sa=U&ei=6PaZVJXOAciqUen7gMAH&ved=0CBkQFjAB&usg=AFQjCNHewrIHEuSimqkJzGkIJeFBj6-raw

http://www.google.co.uk/url?q=http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload%3Ft%3Darch-769-1/dissemination/pdf/vol05/5_211_299.pdf&sa=U&ei=6PaZVJXOAciqUen7gMAH&ved=0CBQQFjAA&usg=AFQjCNH6on1mOzGo4wsZsDV4NcP7Z5dqAg

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol4/pp109-113

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-environs/vol3/pp306-319

http://www.ealing.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/2445/northolt_village_green_area_management_plan

Haven't got time to read, digest and add the information now, as we are frantically busy, on having received a Red  Security Alert. Apparently, some geezer is planing to enter our home sometime this week by  squeezing himself down the 8  inch heating flue! Might sound unlikely but around this part of North West London he is known serial offender who has perfected his technique. Be warned, he might be coming your way too.--Aspro (talk) 23:44, 23 December 2014 (UTC)
 * I understand that UKIP has policies it would like to implememnt to deal with foreign criminals coming over here and nicking work from our own. Emeraude (talk) 11:44, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
 * And about time too. On previous unauthorised entries, he has emptied the sherry decanter (fortunately it was only the cheap stuff I buy the wife). Mind you, I thinks we're ready for him this time. The house now resembles a Norwegian forest -just  to confuse him. And my daughter has genetically re-engineered our dog (or something along those lines that only teenagers know how to do) so he has sprouted a pair of plastic antlers and were his nose once was there is now this big bulbous red thing. He even frightens himself when he looks in the mirror. He sure scares the life out of me.--Aspro (talk) 17:49, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Not sources exactly, but Britain from Above has a collection of 1920s - 1950s aerial photographs covering most of Britain. In the case of Northolt, there are numerous shots of the racecourse, e.g. Northolt Park Race Course, Northolt, 1931 and The stands and paddock at Northolt Park Racecourse, Northolt, 1934. Could supply some useful external links. Emeraude (talk) 11:40, 24 December 2014 (UTC)

 * Yes, I was wondering about those images. What came to my mind was, since they were shot for commercial purposes,  the 50 year UK copyright has expired on many. So a shot of the race course could be added. We might need to heed the terms and conditions of that web-site however, if we get them from there. Incidentally,  the entrance gates can be still be seen on  Google's street view:  for any local  who wondered what these gate were for. At this time of the year I'm planing what I may shoot in the summer. I think I'll take a trip down to Gunnersbury Park Museum with my light-tent and take a few images of some of the archaeological artefacts recovered  in Northolt. Although this museum is a bit iffy about photos taken for more than personal use, the realization that this is positive publicity might sway them. Also, I have a rather bad  photo of the 1452 floor brass of   Rowdell in St. Mary's church which needs re-doing with a light-tent. The last time I was in there, I couldn't take a photo of the  Gyfforde brasses either, as there  was some sort of modern keyboard instrument sitting over the top with a woman insisting on finishing her rendition of all things bright and beautiful.  Although she was probably playing all the right notes, they didn't seem to be in the right order – so I had to take my  leave to preserve my sensibilities.  If any one is passing Ealing Central Library, their Local History dept. (speak to Dr Jonathan Oats) may  may have some useful stuff too.--Aspro (talk) 12:51, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
 * I think you'll find that Britain From Above images are unusable. Although the original photos may be out of copyright, these ars modern digitised images taken from the originals and thus subject to new copyright. The website states, "The images, information and data featured on this website are subject to Crown Copyright and other Intellectual Property Rights held by the Partners and Individual Contributors as indicated." and "No permission is given for any commercial use, distribution or reproduction". Emeraude (talk) 13:29, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
 * No worries there: Copyright is a 'privilege' granted as of right, to those who produce creative images, which extends from the moment such a creative work is published only for a set time. Slavish copying does not create a new copyright in that creative work (which would  allow in perpetual copyright and outside the privilege as stated in law). Otherwise, just a few organization would now be 'owning' all our  cultural heritage that our forebears created,  just by these organizations simply copying and placing a © against it. The law does not grant them that privilege - even though they might claim so. It is that site's T&C we need to consider and an image on WP would drive more traffic to them, so they may see it as a win-win.--Aspro (talk) 16:50, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Apparently, this copy/renewed copyright myth has already cropped upon our sister project Wikimedia Commons. National Portrait Gallery. National Portrait Gallery and Wikimedia Foundation copyright dispute. The upshot of this was, that the NPG realized that WC was making a wider audience aware that that the NPG  had a large  expository of art, in a way, that was  more efficiently than the NPG could publicize themselves.  And there was no point in the NPG lawyers  throw-all-their-toys-out-of-the-pram and demand  that the law satisfy their imaginary rights. Because the law did not grant lawyers the right to make-up-the-law to suit themselves. So these images are still on WC for all to see. That is a practical, real-world  example of the win-win  that I mentioned above. --Aspro (talk) 21:24, 30 December 2014 (UTC)

Climate of Northolt vis Climate of South Rusilp.
As User:Emeraude points out. The automatic weather station that gathers this information is situated in South Ruslip. Which is at a lower elevation than the village of Northolt. So when a BBC outside broad-cast unit descends on the village of Northolt during a  summer heat wave, to ask the locals what they think about being in the hottest spot in Britain, they really should be asking residents of Ruslip -which is like 2 degrees hotter. Have no objection to the Weather box (deleted by Emeraude) to be transferred to Ruislip. This may seem like pontificating but as an encyclopedia, should we not get this right? Applaud Emeraude for removing it from Northolt but lets go the extra mile and explain this information comes from  a robot in  Ruslip, on ground   named RAF  Northolt because that was the nearest railway station that served the airfield. Aspro (talk) 13:15, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
 * The climate at Northolt will be virtually identical to the climate at Northolt Aerodrome, which will also be virtually identical to the climate at South Ruislip. The altitude of the aerodrome is 35-40 metres. The altitude of Northolt 'village' is 35-40 metres. It is perfectly valid to place climate data from Northolt Aerodrome within this article. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 00:17, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
 * "Virtually identical" is not good enough for an encyclopaedia. The fact is, the figures are collected by RAF personnel on the air base, which is not in Northolt. Northolt is an urban area; the airfield is essentially open country so there will be significant differences in weather readings (in temperature and wind strength especially). Given the co-ordinates for the airport's reference point (the crossing of the two runways) and the Met Office data collection point, we can deduce that the weather station is on the north side of the airfield and therefore closer to Ruislip Gardens than to South Ruislip. Weather statistics are not collected, officially at least, for Northolt village. Emeraude (talk) 12:00, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
 * It is perfectly legitimate to state the Met Office climate statistics for Northolt within this article. If there are concerns that the weather station is not sited slap-bang in the middle of Northolt built-up area, then a short explanation of its location can be included along with the statistics. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 07:58, 3 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Not only is it not "slap-bang in the middle of Northolt built-up area", it's not even in Northolt! That is the point. Emeraude (talk) 08:35, 4 May 2017 (UTC)
 * It is about a mile and a half from Northolt 'village'; that is plenty close enough to be included as descriptive of the climate here. Please see London (Good Article, uses data from Heathrow), Yeovil (Good Article, uses data from Yeovilton) and Bristol (Featured Article, uses data from Filton), as just a few examples. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 21:08, 4 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Think that when PaleCloudedWhite say's “Good Article, uses data from Heathrow” he means  the Automatic terminal information service. You can listen in to it on 113.75 on  the two meter radio band.  Heathrow having been constructed on a low flat heath (hence  the name Heathrow) has a different climate. It is nothing to do with distance . I use the service to double check my barometer and to decide whether I need to leave the house with an umbrella or not.  But as to temperature and visibility reported by the  LHR  ATIS (London Heathrow Airport  automatic terminal information service)   it often differs to me, eventhough I am   just a few miles away and within hearing range of their engines  as they fly almost overhead.. Have no problem at all with the 'climate chart' being included for Ruslip  because its  is an accurate  record of Ruslip's climate... but not the Village of Northolt (unless it makes clear  on the Northolt article that weather station is in Rusip and not Northolt). Accuse me of pontificating if you like, but not before  reading Microclimate.  The weather station is not in Northolt. Aspro (talk) 23:28, 4 May 2017 (UTC)
 * It is not "an accurate record of Ruislip's climate" any more than it is an accurate or inaccurate record of Northolt's climate. The microclimate in my back garden is different from the microclimate in my front garden, this does not mean that a weather station sited in an open field half a mile up the road cannot be used as a description of the general climate for both front and back gardens. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 05:08, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
 * But it's not "half a mile up the road". Northolt Station and the aerodrome control tower are 2½ miles apart. However, I believe from the met Offic website that the weather station is on the south side of the aerodrome, still 2.1 miles away. Emeraude (talk) 09:17, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
 * You're splitting hairs. From a climatological point of view, it doesn't matter if it's half a mile or 2 miles or even 5 miles, providing that basic factors - primarily altitude, aspect and distance from the sea - are similar. Which they are. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 09:31, 5 May 2017 (UTC)

If we must have these weather boxes, which contain more detailed information than an encyclopaedia article needs, they are best put on the county article as part of the climate section for the county. We do not need them in every settlement article, even when local official data is available. I support removing it from Northolt.Charles (talk) 09:59, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Well, that's a slightly different discussion to the one above, and is probably best decided here. According to the other editors here, these boxes couldn't possibly be used in county articles because the climate data they contain is only applicable within about a one mile radius. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 07:18, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
 * They can be used as an example for that area but as I said I would rather not use them at all. There is a simpler form of weather box showing typical temperature and rainfall through the year.Charles (talk) 09:44, 6 May 2017 (UTC)

Pony racing
Viscount Lascelles and Earl Harewood are the same person but the article suggests one constructed the course and the other opened it. Wikipedia's own pages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Harewood#Earls_of_Harewood_.281812.29 AsparagusTips (talk) 19:12, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

Pronunciation ?
Article gives no info on this. Is it "North - holt", "Nort - holt" or "North - olt" ? I guess the first, but can't be certain. Has the place been known 1000 years or more ? Boeing720 (talk) 16:19, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
 * I used to live within a mile of Northolt, and always pronounced it as per the last of your variants, though I'm not a native of the area and could have introduced my own regional bias to the pronunciation. And of course I'm not a reliable source by Wikipedia standards. PaleCloudedWhite (talk) 20:47, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your honest reply! I think you're correct that "correct pronunciation" is the local one. Boeing720 (talk) 06:34, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
 * I was born and brought up nearby as well. "North - holt" and "Nort - holt" are definitely wrong. I'd suggest the name is pronounced somwehwere between "North - olt" and "Nor - tholt" (with the "nor" as in north rather than "nor"). Emeraude (talk) 08:08, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

Separation of history and demographics
Any ideas on how to clarify the two overlapping sections - merge them or leave the numbers and merge the text into history?Sciencefish (talk) 13:18, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

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Phelps County, Missouri

Phelps County is a county in the central portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 44,638. The largest city and county seat is Rolla. The county was organized on November 13, 1857, and was named for U.S. Representative and Governor of Missouri John Smith Phelps.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the mean center of U.S. population in 2000 fell within Phelps County.

Phelps County comprises the Rolla, Missouri Micropolitan Statistical Area. Much of the county is included within the Ozark Highlands American Viticultural Area (AVA). Vineyards and wineries were first established in the county by Italian immigrants in Rolla. Since the 1960s, winemakers have revived and created numerous vineyards in Missouri and won national and international tasting awards.

The first Phelps County Court convened on November 25, 1857, in the John Dillon cabin. The historic courthouse was begun in mid-summer of 1860, used as a Union hospital during the American Civil War and served as the courthouse until February 1994, when all county offices were relocated into the new Phelps County Courthouse, which was dedicated on May 22.

History
Settlers of European descent established farms along the riverbanks in this area in 1818-1819.

One year later, Lieutenant James Abert started the first railroad reconnaissance survey in Rolla. Abert was later to become the first professor of Civil Engineering at the Missouri School of Mines. The founder of Rolla, Edmund Ward Bishop, was originally a railroad construction contractor in New York. He came to this part of the country in 1853, tasked with building the “Frisco Branch of the Southwest Railroad.”

Because of an urgent demand, Phelps County was created by legislative action on November 13, 1857, from portions of Pulaski, Maries and Crawford counties. A special commission was appointed to select a county seat, with instructions to locate the site on the mail line of the railroad as near as possible to the county's center. Bishop then offered a tract of some 50 acre for the official town site, and it was accepted. There was disagreement over the site - the "westerners" wanted Rolla, and the "easterners" wanted Dillon, so the General Assembly did not legally declare Rolla to be the official county seat until 1861. The 600-strong group that favored Dillon signed a protest citing the fact that only two of the three commission members had met to consider the possible sites for the county seat. They contested the decision all the way through the Missouri Supreme Court. Before the high court could make a decision, however, the Legislature took action on January 14, 1860, confirming the location of the county seat at Rolla. Smarting under a considerable amount of criticism concerning the matter, all members of the county court resigned during April 1858, but later withdrew their resignations. It was finally settled in favor of Rolla.

Rolla was officially surveyed, laid out and named in 1858. Bishop wanted to call it Phelps Center, since his house was the center of the county. John Webber preferred the name "Hardscrabble" for obvious reasons. George Coppedge, another original settler, and formerly of North Carolina, favored "Raleigh" after his hometown. The others agreed with Coppedge on the condition that it shouldn't have "that silly spelling, but should be spelled 'Rolla.' The county seat locating commission designated the area now known as Rolla to be the county seat.

The town of Rolla did not exist when the county was officially created (November 1857); only the houses of J. Stever and John Webber were located in the area. Early court business included the location and opening of roads from the county seat to various places within the state, including St. Louis, Springfield, Jefferson City, Lake Spring, and Salem. It is in this last road order, dated in July 1858, that the use of the name Rolla first appears in the court records. The name was used earlier, in May 1858, in a deed of railroad land to the county.

On April 26, 1859, the county court ordered the 50 acre donated by Mr. Bishop for the site of the county seat to be surveyed. The survey was conducted by A.E. Buchanan, a young railroad surveyor. Buchanan delivered his plat to the county court on May 31, 1859.

Civil War
The railroad ran its first train on December 22, 1860, making Rolla the terminus of the road. Until the continuation of the Frisco, all goods were loaded on wagons and transported to Springfield and south and west on what is now U.S. Highway 66 (Interstate 44). During the American Civil War, Rolla was an important military post, hosting up to 20,000 Union troops. The Phelps County Court House was transformed into a hospital during the war.

In April 1861, Fort Sumter was fired upon and a decision was made to support the South. On May 10, the Circuit Court session saw a heated debate of secession, which caused a breakup of the proceedings. As the story goes, Circuit Court Judge James McBride soon departed to assume command as a Confederate general under Sterling Price. Outside the courthouse, a group of men drew down the United States flag and raised a Confederate flag, which had been hastily pieced together by the women of Rolla. The tension was thick when the group then moved to the newspaper office of Charles Walder, a Union supporter and editor of the Rolla Express. Walder was forced to close his shop and cease printing. Southern sympathizers patrolled the town day and night, often ordering Union sympathizers to leave town.

On June 14 of that year, General Franz Sigel arrived by train with his 3rd Missouri Infantry and took over the town. From that day until the close of the war, Rolla was in Union hands.

The 13th Illinois Infantry Regiment, under Colonel John B. Wyman, was brought in to guard Rolla and the Pacific Railroad's terminal. It was this regiment that did the basic planning and building of Fort Wyman, although other regiments completed it. President Abraham Lincoln’s personal order was that Rolla should be held at all costs. Being situated at the terminus of the railroad, military wagon trains went out from Rolla to all Union armies stationed southwest in Arkansas, Hartville, and Springfield and northwest to the Linn Creek area, now known as Lake of the Ozarks.

After General Price's defeat at Pea Ridge in March 1862, several troops that were organized by Governor Jackson returned home. Confederate sympathizers, unwilling to profess their loyalty and support to the Union after the battle, were treated harshly. One example is the shooting of former Presiding Justice Lewis F. Wright and four of his sons in 1864, after being taken from their homes for "questioning."

Rolla was an important site during the Civil War because the southwest branch of the Pacific Railroad ended here. Thousands of Union troops and their supplies came to Rolla by train from St. Louis and then were transferred to wagon trails to go to the battles of Wilson Creek in Springfield and Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove in Arkansas, plus a number of other smaller skirmishes. The railroad had arrived in Rolla in 1860 but the outbreak of the war halted the westward expansion of the line.

The town of about 600 civilians had a large population of Union troops at that time. Since the Union forces seized control of the town early in the war, they had a big impact upon the town and its operation.

The town was a busy place for the visitor. In 1860 sugar sold for 10 cents a pound, tobacco for 30 cents a pound. Whiskey went for 25 cents a gallon. City lots sold for $25 per lot. The Courthouse was used as a hay storage barn and later as a hospital for wounded soldiers. After the commanding general of the Union Forces, General Nathaniel Lyon, was killed at the Wilson's Creek battle near Springfield, his body was brought to Rolla to be transported back East for burial. Old town Rolla was located along Main Street near the Courthouse. The business district moved to Pine Street in the late 19th century.

Following the Union defeat at Wilson's Creek on August 10, 1861, the Union Army fell back to Rolla and began building an earthen fort on a hill alongside present Highway 63 about a mile from the Courthouse. The rectangular fort had a dry moat around the perimeter with 32-pound field pieces located on each corner of the fort to cover any attack on Rolla from the south. It was named Fort Wyman after Colonel John B. Wyman. Fort Dette was a more detailed fort that was constructed in 1863 on what is now the campus of Missouri University of Science and Technology. It was constructed in a cross shape with positions for both 24-pound cannons and ports for individual rifle fire.

University
The Morrill Land-Grant College Act was approved by the U.S. Congress in 1862, and in 1863 the Missouri Legislature accepted this opportunity to set up a new type of higher education within the state. The act specified that the "leading object shall be without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and mechanics arts...in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits of professions of life."

The Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy was founded in 1870 because the area was rich in minerals and because the geographic location was good. Phelps County bid $130,545, including lands and bonds, and was awarded the prize. Today it is named Missouri University of Science and Technology or Missouri S&T and is known as one of the finest engineering schools in the world. Not confined to mining and metallurgy, it confers bachelor's degrees in 23 fields of engineering and science, as well as graduate degrees in 28 fields of engineering and science.

Other towns
Other towns within the county included Newburg, incorporated in 1888, and St. James, incorporated in 1869. Arlington and Jerome were both incorporated in 1867, but neither is incorporated at this time. Doolittle, the last of Phelps County's towns to be formed, was incorporated on July 2, 1944. Other Phelps County communities include Edgar Springs which was incorporated during the 1970s.

Geography
According to the US Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 674 sqmi, of which 672 sqmi is land and 2.5 sqmi (0.4%) is water.

Adjacent counties

 * Maries County - northwest
 * Gasconade County - northeast
 * Crawford County - east
 * Dent County - southeast
 * Texas County - south
 * Pulaski County - west

Major highways

 * [[Image:I-44 (MO).svg|20px]] Interstate 44
 * [[Image:US 63.svg|20px]] U.S. Route 63
 * [[Image:US 66.svg|20px]] U.S. Route 66 (1926–1979)
 * [[Image:MO-68.svg|20px]] Route 68
 * [[Image:MO-8.svg|20px]] Route 8
 * [[Image:MO-72.svg|20px]] Route 72

Other geographical features

 * Courtois Hills
 * Maramec Spring
 * Democrat Ridge
 * Mark Twain National Forest, national protected area, partially within Phelps County
 * Slaughter Sink, the state's deepest sinkhole

Demographics
As of the 2000 United States Census, there were 39,825 people, 15,683 households, and 10,240 families in the county. The population density was 59 /mi2. There were 17,501 housing units at an average density of 26 /mi2. The racial makeup of the county was 93.24% White, 1.50% Black or African American, 0.59% Native American, 2.35% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.47% from other races, and 1.79% from two or more races. Approximately 1.22% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 15,683 households, out of which 30.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.70% were married couples living together, 9.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.70% were non-families. 28.60% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.92.

The county population contained 23.70% under the age of 18, 14.50% from 18 to 24, 26.10% from 25 to 44, 21.80% from 45 to 64, and 13.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 103.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $37,243, and the median income for a family was $49,343. Males had a median income of $29,428 versus $19,893 for females. The per capita income for the county was $20,275. About 11.30% of families and 16.40% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.00% of those under age 18 and 13.00% of those age 65 or over.

Religion
According to the Association of Religion Data Archives County Membership Report (2000), Phelps County is a part of the Bible Belt with evangelical Protestantism being the majority religion. The most predominant denominations among residents in Phelps County who adhere to a religion are Southern Baptists (38.24%), Roman Catholics (11.43%), and Christian Churches & Churches of Christ (10.75%). The several smaller but often growing denominations, including Assemblies of God 5.5%, the United Methodist Church 5.0%, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 4.8%, The Lutheran Church Missouri synod 4.2%, Church of God (Anderson Indiana) 3.2%, Church of the Nazarene 1.7%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.3%, Episcopal Church 1.2%, Seventh Day Adventist 0.9% and the Orthodox Church america 0.8%.

Education
Of adults 25 years of age and older in Phelps County, 79.0% possess a high school diploma or higher while 21.1% hold a bachelor's degree or higher as their highest educational attainment.

Public schools

 * Newburg R-II School District - Newburg
 * Newburg Elementary School (K-06)
 * Newburg High School (07-12)
 * Phelps County R-III School District - Edgar Springs
 * Phelps County Elementary School (K-08)
 * Rolla School District 31 - Rolla
 * Colonel John B. Wyman Elementary School (Pre K-03)
 * Harry S. Truman Elementary School (Pre K-03)
 * Mark Twain Elementary School (Pre K-03)
 * Rolla Middle School (04-06)
 * Rolla Junior High School (07-08)
 * Rolla High School (09-12)
 * St. James R-I School District - St. James
 * Lucy Wortham Elementary School (K-05)
 * St. James Middle School (06-08)
 * St. James High School (09-12)

Private schools

 * KVC Missouri School - St. James - (01-12) - Nonsectarian
 * Rolla Seventh-day Adventist School - Rolla - (K-07) - Seventh-day Adventist
 * St. Patrick Elementary School - Rolla - (PK-08) - Roman Catholic

Alternative & vocational schools

 * B.W. Robinson State School - Rolla - (K-12) - Special Education
 * Rolla Technical Center - Rolla - (11-12) - Vocational/Technical
 * Rolla Technical Institute High School - Rolla - (09-12) - Vocational/Technical

Colleges & universities

 * Missouri University of Science and Technology - Formerly known as the University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR) - Rolla - A public, four-year university.
 * Drury University - Rolla - A satellite campus.
 * East Central College - Rolla - A satellite campus.
 * Columbia College - Rolla - A satellite campus.

Public libraries

 * James Memorial Library
 * Newburg Public Library
 * Rolla Public Library

Cities and Towns

 * Doolittle
 * Edgar Springs
 * Newburg
 * Rolla (county seat)
 * St. James

Unincorporated Communities

 * Arlington
 * Beulah
 * Blooming Rose
 * Clementine
 * Clinton
 * Craddock
 * Dillon
 * Duke
 * Elk Prairie
 * Flag Spring
 * Flat
 * Jerome
 * Northwye
 * Powellville
 * Rosati
 * Royal
 * Seaton
 * Table Rock
 * Vida
 * Winkler
 * Yancy Mills

Local
Up until recently, both the Republican and Democratic parties equally controlled politics at the local level in Phelps County. Currently, the Republican party holds all of the elected positions in the county, with the exception of one unknown party preference.

State
Phelps County is divided into four legislative districts in the Missouri House of Representatives, all of which are held by Republicans.

 * District 62 — Currently is represented by Bruce Sassmann (R-Bland) and consists of the north-central part of the county.

 * District 120 — Currently is represented by Jason Chipman (R- Steelville) and consists of the eastern part of the county, including St. James.

 * District 121 — Currently is represented by Don Mayhew (R-Crocker) and consists of the communities of Doolittle, Jerome, Newburg, and Rolla.

 * District 142 — Currently is represented by Bennie Cook (R-Houston) and consists of the southeastern part of the county, including the communities of Beulah, Duke, and Edgar Springs.

All of Phelps County is a part of Missouri's 16th District in the Missouri Senate and is currently represented by Dan Brown (R-Rolla).

Federal
Phelps County is included in Missouri's 8th Congressional District and is currently represented by Jason T. Smith (R-Salem) in the U.S. House of Representatives. Smith won a special election on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, to finish the remaining term of U.S. Representative Jo Ann Emerson (R-Cape Girardeau). Emerson announced her resignation a month after being reelected with over 70 percent of the vote in the district. She resigned to become CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative.

Political culture
At the presidential level, Phelps County is a fairly Republican-leaning county. George W. Bush easily carried Phelps County in 2000 and 2004. Bill Clinton was the last Democratic presidential nominee to carry Phelps County in 1992, and like many of the rural counties throughout Missouri, Phelps County favored John McCain over Barack Obama in 2008.

Like most rural areas throughout central Missouri, voters in Phelps County generally adhere to socially and culturally conservative principles which tend to influence their Republican leanings. In 2004, Missourians voted on a constitutional amendment to define marriage as the union between a man and a woman—it overwhelmingly passed Phelps County with 77.94 percent of the vote. The initiative passed the state with 71 percent of support from voters as Missouri became the first state to ban same-sex marriage. In 2006, Missourians voted on a constitutional amendment to fund and legalize embryonic stem cell research in the state—it failed in Phelps County with 52.25 percent voting against the measure. The initiative narrowly passed the state with 51 percent of support from voters as Missouri became one of the first states in the nation to approve embryonic stem cell research. Despite Phelps County's longstanding tradition of supporting socially conservative platforms, voters in the county have a penchant for advancing populist causes like increasing the minimum wage. In 2006, Missourians voted on a proposition (Proposition B) to increase the minimum wage in the state to $6.50 an hour—it passed Phelps County with 69.42 percent of the vote. The proposition strongly passed every single county in Missouri with 78.99 percent voting in favor as the minimum wage was increased to $6.50 an hour in the state. During the same election, voters in five other states also strongly approved increases in the minimum wage.

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Pettis County, Missouri

Pettis County is a county located in west central U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 42,980. Its county seat is Sedalia. The county was organized on January 24, 1833, and named after former U.S. Representative Spencer Darwin Pettis.

Pettis County comprises the Sedalia, MO Micropolitan Statistical Area.

The county is home to the site of the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 686 sqmi, of which 682 sqmi is land and 4.0 sqmi (0.6%) is water. It is drained by Lamine River and branches.

Adjacent counties

 * Saline County (north)
 * Cooper County (east)
 * Morgan County (southeast)
 * Benton County (south)
 * Henry County (southwest)
 * Johnson County (west)
 * Lafayette County (northwest)

Major highways

 * US 50.svg U.S. Route 50
 * US 65.svg U.S. Route 65
 * MO-52.svg Route 52
 * MO-127.svg Route 127
 * MO-135.svg Route 135

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 39,403 people, 15,568 households, and 10,570 families residing in the county. The population density was 58 /mi2. There were 16,963 housing units at an average density of 25 /mi2. The racial makeup of the county was 92.06% White, 3.04% Black or African American, 0.38% Native American, 0.39% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 2.46% from other races, and 1.62% from two or more races. Approximately 3.88% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 15,568 households, out of which 32.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.30% were married couples living together, 10.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.10% were non-families. 27.00% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 26.30% under the age of 18, 9.30% from 18 to 24, 27.90% from 25 to 44, 21.10% from 45 to 64, and 15.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 94.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $31,822, and the median income for a family was $38,073. Males had a median income of $29,221 versus $19,554 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,251. About 10.20% of families and 12.80% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.60% of those under age 18 and 10.50% of those age 65 or over.

Public schools

 * Green Ridge R-VIII School District – Green Ridge
 * Green Ridge Elementary School (K-06)
 * Green Ridge High School (07-12)
 * La Monte R-IV School District – La Monte
 * La Monte Elementary School (PK-06)
 * La Monte High School (07-12)
 * Pettis County R-V School District – Hughesville
 * Northwest Elementary School (K-06)
 * Northwest High School (07-12)
 * Pettis County R-XII School District – Sedalia
 * Pettis County Elementary School (PK-08)
 * Sedalia School District No. 200] – Sedalia
 * Sedalia Early Childhood Education Center (PK)
 * Heber Hunt Elementary School (K-04)
 * Skyline Elementary School (K-04)
 * Parkview Elementary School (K-04)
 * Horace Mann Elementary School (K-04)
 * Washington Elementary School (K-04)
 * Sedalia Middle School (05)
 * Smith-Cotton Junior High School (06-08)
 * Smith-Cotton High School (9-12)
 * Smithton R-VI School District – Smithton
 * Smithton Elementary School (PK-06)
 * Smithton High School (07-12)

Private schools

 * St. Paul's Lutheran School – Sedalia (PK-08) – Lutheran
 * Sedalia Seventh-day Adventist School – Sedalia (01-08) – Seventh-day Adventist
 * Show-Me Christian School – La Monte (K-12) – Nondenominational Christian
 * Applewood Christian School – Sedalia (K-12) – Nondenominational Christian
 * Sacred Heart Schools – Sedalia (K-12) – Roman Catholic
 * Sacred Heart Elementary School (K-06)
 * Sacred Heart High School (07-12)

Post-secondary

 * State Fair Community College – Sedalia – A public, two-year/community college.

Public libraries

 * Boonslick Regional Library
 * Sedalia Public Library

Local
The Republican Party predominantly controls politics at the local level in Pettis County. Republicans currently hold all but three of the elected positions in the county.

State
Pettis County is divided into four legislative districts in the Missouri House of Representatives, all of which are held by Republicans.
 * District 48 — Dave Muntzel (R-Boonville). Consists of the community of Smithton and the northeast section of the county.

 * District 51 — Dean Dohrman (R-La Monte). Consists of the communities of Houstonia, Hughesville, and La Monte and the northwest portion of the county.

 * District 52 — Nathan Beard (R-Sedalia). Consists of the community of Sedalia.

 * District 54 — Dan Houx (R-Warrensburg). Consists of the community of Green Ridge and the southern portion of the county.

All of Pettis County is a part of Missouri's 28th District in the Missouri Senate and was previously represented by Mike Parson but the seat is currently vacant.

Federal
All of Pettis County is included in Missouri's 4th Congressional District and is currently represented by Vicky Hartzler (R-Harrisonville) in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Cities and Towns

 * Green Ridge
 * Houstonia
 * Hughesville
 * Ionia
 * La Monte
 * Sedalia (county seat)
 * Smithton
 * Windsor

Unincorporated Communities

 * Bahner
 * Beaman
 * Bryson
 * Dresden
 * Dunksburg
 * Georgetown
 * Longwood
 * Manila
 * Newland
 * Postal
 * Spring Fork
 * Stokley
 * Tedieville

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Map
The map suggests that Northwood is in Hertfordshire yet it's not. The point on the map is outside greater London. HMS Warrior is in Eastbury, Three Rivers, not Northwood. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.189.207.149 (talk) 17:39, 1 April 2007

 * This is because HMS Warrior has a HA postcode, it is well within Hertfordshire--Pandaplodder (talk) 18:17, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

 * Postcode doesn't define where somewhere is. Local government boundaries do. Northwood is in Hillingdon borough and HMS Warrior isn't. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.140.57.113 (talk) 12:31, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Location filming
I notices this was removed froma n earlier edit, is it of any relevance of the town's impact on pop culture?

 * Kewferry Road in Northwood served as The Avenue, Surbiton, in the BBC comedy The Good Life.
 * A house on Kewferry Road was also used for filming in the production of the film Iris.
 * Areas around the borough were used in the filming of the ITV detective series Murder in Suburbia.
 * A restaurant on Green Lane was one of the contestants (and eventual winners) in the second series of the BBC programme The Restaurant.
 * Green Lane car park is used as a base for filming crews.

--FirecrackerDemon (talk) 04:56, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

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Perry County, Missouri

Perry County is a county located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,956. Its county seat is Perryville. The county was officially organized on November 16, 1820 (effective January 1, 1821) from Ste. Genevieve County and was named after Oliver Hazard Perry, a naval hero of the War of 1812.

Early Native Americans
The first inhabitants of what is now Perry County were Mississippian Mound Builders who cultivated corn and constructed earthen mounds. The Mississippian cultures inhabited the region until their decline in the 12th and 13th centuries. Remnants of their earthen mounds can be found in the eastern part of the county. By the time of European contact, the area was populated by Native Americans of the Illinois Confederation who inhabited much of eastern Missouri.

French and Spanish rule
During the 18th Century, the Perry County area, like the rest of the future State of Missouri, was part of French Louisiana, also known as the Illinois Country. For most of the 18th Century the area of present-day Perry County was left largely uninhabited, even by the French of nearby Ste. Genevieve. The latter was the first permanent White settlement in the Missouri area. In 1764, when the terms of the 1763 Treaty of Paris were announced in Louisiana, the French settlers found themselves transferred to an alien domination, that of Spain. In general the French were unhappy with the change of rule and the Spanish governance of the territory was an uneasy one, occasionally punctuated by armed rebellion. In the Ste. Genevieve area, the Spaniards, making a virtue of necessity, tended to let the French govern themselves. During the 1770s and 1780s members of the Peoria Tribe, whose situation had deteriorated under British and American rule in Illinois, migrated west across the Mississippi River into Ste. Genevieve and the lower part of the Bois Brule Bottoms.

The French population suffered continued harassment by the Osage to the southwest. In the 1790s, Louis Lorimier, authorized by Spanish officials, invited the Shawnee and Delaware tribes in Ohio to immigrate and settle along Apple Creek in Perry County in the hope that they would act as a buffer between the French to the north and the Osage to the south. Their largest village, Le Grand Village Sauvage - with a population of some 400, was located in the southern part of the county, just above Apple Creek, near present-day Old Appleton. Within a decade of the Native American immigration, Spanish authorities showed an interest in opening the area to colonization by Americans. The first French settlers were Jean Baptiste Barsaloux and his father Girard Barsaloux who lived in the Bois Brule Bottom in 1787.

American settlement
The first American settlers to Perry County arrived during the latter half of the 1790s and claimed rich land in Bois Brule Bottom. These Americans organized the region's original Baptist Church in 1807. In the early 19th century, a second group of American settlers crossed the Mississippi River to take advantage of Spanish land offers. These were Roman Catholics of English stock from north-central Kentucky. They had originally come from Maryland to escape religious discrimination and prided themselves on being descendants of Lord Baltimore's original colonists. The first of these to settle permanently in the future Perry County was Isidore Moore. He arrived in 1801 and became a patriarch of the area, and founded Tucker's Settlement. Others soon followed whose family names predominated the decades: Tucker, Fenwick, Cissell, Hayton, Riney, Hamilton, Layton, Manning, and Hagan. Most of these settled in the uplands around Perryville in a place called the Barrens because of its open land. Another Maryland Catholic, Joseph Fenwick, established the short-lived Fenwick Settlement at the mouth of Brazeau Creek in the Brazeau Bottoms.

When the region was transferred to American sovereignty in 1803–1804, the Barrens became part of the Louisiana Territory. Prior to the admission of Missouri to statehood in 1821, several new migrations altered the religious composition of the future county. In 1817, a large group of Presbyterians from North Carolina settled in the neighborhood of Brazeau, an area roughly bounded by the Mississippi River and the Cinque Hommes Creek and Apple Creek. These settlers organized a church in 1819. They were soon followed by Methodists from the same state whose family names live on, like Abernathy, Farrar, and Rutledge. In 1826, they built their first log meeting house, which was later replaced by York Chapel.

Until 1821, the Barrens region formed the southern portion of Ste. Genevieve County. When Missouri was granted statehood, Perry County was organized out of the parent district. It was divided into three townships: Brazeau, Cinque Hommes, and Bois Brule. Their boundaries, following natural geographical features, were quite irregular. In 1856, the borders were made symmetrical and two new townships, St. Mary's and Saline, were added.

After 1821, the descendants of French colonial families from Ste. Genevieve trickled into Perry County, and in the middle of the next decade, their ranks swelled by immigrants from France itself. They settled on the lands that were near the present city of Perryville. At about the same time, a small group of Flemings settled in the northeastern part of the county, with the present town of Belgique as their center. There were also Swiss in the same area.

German immigration
The late 1830s saw the beginnings of a heavy German immigration that would permanently alter the ethnic balance of the county. In the fall of 1838, more than 600 Saxon Lutherans, under the leadership of Pastor Martin Stephan, uprooted themselves and migrated to Missouri in what is called The Saxon Lutheran Migration, seeking to avoid the enforced religious conformity brought about by the Prussian Union of churches. They settled in the southeastern corner of the county and moved inland through a series of towns whose names enshrined both religion and nationality: Wittenberg, Friedheim, Frohna, Dresden, Altenburg, and Paitzdorf, which was renamed Uniontown during the American Civil War. Much of the legacy of the German immigration lives on today through the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. A distinct Saxon dialect of German continues to be spoken by about 250 residents (in 2014), although that number is declining with the youngest speakers being over 50 years old.

Others who settled in the area were German Catholics, mostly from Bavaria and Baden. They settled in the Barrens area. The Lutherans and Presbyterians established churches in the region bounded by the 1856 Township of Brazeau. The Methodists located farther west in the area that comprised the 1856 township of Cinque Hommes. There they set up two churches, the first York Chapel, near present-day Longtown, about 5 mi southeast of Perryville, and in 1836 a second in Perryville itself. Then in 1844–1845, they divided between north and south over the question of whether a bishop could own slaves. The two Methodist churches in Perry County parted company, the city congregation going with the North and the York Chapel siding with the South. The Baptists of the county tended to congregate in both Bois Brule Bottom and in the area of Saline Township. In the first decades of the 19th century, they met in private homes.

While it is one of the oldest communities in Missouri, Perry County also founded the first college west of the Mississippi River, dating to 1827.

Geography
Shaped like a camel's hump, Perry County consists of 471 sqmi that fit neatly into a wedge created by the confluence of Apple Creek and the Mississippi River. Topographically, it is divided into lowlands and uplands. The lowlands comprise about one-eighth of the county and lie for the most part along the river. In the northeastern corner is the Bois Brule Bottom, meaning Burnt Wood, the most extensive tract of lowland, approximately 15 mi long and up to 5 mi wide. Its rich soil, coupled with its size, makes it the most productive farmland in the county. Smaller in size but still important is the Brazeau Bottom on the Mississippi River below Cape Cinque Hommes and the bottom situated near the mouth of Apple Creek.

The Uplands constitutes the largest part of the county and its topography varies greatly. The best parts of it are in the central area where the soil is generally good and the terrain nearly level or gently rolling. Rolling uplands surround this central section and are bounded by the Saline Hills to the west and the Mississippi River Hills and Bluffs to the east and northeast.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 484 sqmi, of which 474 sqmi is land and 9.8 sqmi (2.0%) is water. It is located across the Mississippi River from Illinois.

Adjacent counties

 * Randolph County, Illinois (north)
 * Jackson County, Illinois (northeast)
 * Union County, Illinois (east)
 * Cape Girardeau County (southeast)
 * Bollinger County (southwest)
 * Madison County (southwest)
 * St. Francois County (northwest)
 * Ste. Genevieve County (northwest)

Major highways

 * I-55 (MO).svg Interstate 55
 * US 61.svg U.S. Route 61
 * MO-51.svg Route 51

National protected area

 * Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge (part)

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 18,132 people, 6,904 households, and 4,957 families residing in the county. The population density was 38 /mi2. There were 7,815 housing units at an average density of 16 /mi2. The racial makeup of the county was 98.21% White, 0.18% Black or African American, 0.23% Native American, 0.65% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.12% from other races, and 0.58% from two or more races. Approximately 0.51% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 6,904 households, out of which 34.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.50% were married couples living together, 7.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.20% were non-families. 24.50% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.07.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 26.00% under the age of 18, 8.60% from 18 to 24, 27.90% from 25 to 44, 21.90% from 45 to 64, and 15.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 99.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $44,264, and the median income for a family was $53,034. Males had a median income of $28,337 versus $19,720 for females. The per capita income for the county was $20,066. About 5.20% of families and 9.00% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.90% of those under age 18 and 13.20% of those age 65 or over.

Religion
Unlike many rural counties in southeastern Missouri, Perry County is an exception to the Bible Belt, with Roman Catholicism being the majority religion, according to the Association of Religion Data Archives County Membership Report (2000). Among residents in Perry County who adhere to a religion, 60.33% are Roman Catholics, 29.72% are Lutherans, and 4.94% are Southern Baptists.

Perry County has the second highest percentage of Catholics of any county in the state of Missouri behind only Osage County, Missouri. Perry County also has the second highest percentage of Lutherans of any county in the state of Missouri behind only Atchison County, Missouri.

Local
The Republican Party predominantly controls politics at the local level in Perry County. Republicans hold all of the elected positions in the county.

State
Perry County is divided into two districts in the Missouri House of Representatives, both of which are held by Republicans.

 * District 116 - Currently represented by Dale Wright (politician) (R-Farmington) and includes North of the city of Perryville as well as some area east and west of the city. Wright has represented the district since 2018.

 * District 145 - Currently represented by Rick Francis (R-Perryville, Missouri) and includes the rest of Perry County (Altenburg, Biehle, Frohna, Longtown).

All of Perry County is a part of Missouri's 27th District in the Missouri Senate and is currently represented by State Senator Holly Rehder (R-Scott City). The 27th Senatorial District consists of Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Madison, Mississippi, Perry, and Scott counties.

Federal
Perry County is included in Missouri's 8th Congressional District and is currently represented by Jason T. Smith (R-Salem) in the U.S. House of Representatives. Smith won a special election on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, to finish out the remaining term of U.S. Representative Jo Ann Emerson (R-Cape Girardeau). Emerson announced her resignation a month after being reelected with over 70 percent of the vote in the district. She resigned to become CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative.

Political culture
At the presidential level, Perry County is a reliably Republican stronghold. John McCain easily carried the county over Barack Obama in 2008, and George W. Bush carried Perry County by even stronger margins in 2000 and 2004. The last Democratic presidential nominee to win Perry County was Lyndon B. Johnson in the landslide Election of 1964.

Like most rural areas, voters in Perry County generally adhere to socially and culturally conservative principles which strongly influence their Republican leanings. In 2004, Missourians voted on a constitutional amendment to define marriage as the union between a man and a woman—it overwhelmingly passed Perry County with 85.07 percent of the vote. The initiative passed the state with 71 percent of support from voters as Missouri became the first state to ban same-sex marriage. In 2006, Missourians voted on a constitutional amendment to fund and legalize embryonic stem cell research in the state—it failed in Perry County with 69.45 percent voting against the measure. The initiative narrowly passed the state with 51 percent of support from voters as Missouri became one of the first states in the nation to approve embryonic stem cell research. Despite Perry County's longstanding tradition of supporting socially conservative platforms, voters in the county have a penchant for advancing populist causes like increasing the minimum wage. In 2006, Missourians voted on a proposition (Proposition B) to increase the minimum wage in the state to $6.50 an hour—it passed Perry County with 69.52 percent of the vote. The proposition strongly passed every single county in Missouri with 75.94 percent voting in favor as the minimum wage was increased to $6.50 an hour in the state. During the same election, voters in five other states also strongly approved increases in the minimum wage.

Missouri presidential preference primary (2008)
Unlike many of the rural areas in Missouri that backed former Governor Mike Huckabee (R-Arkansas), Perry County provided U.S. Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) with his third strongest showing in Missouri. However, former U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-New York) received more votes, a total of 1,180, than any candidate from either party in Perry County during the 2008 presidential primary.

Education
Of adults 25 years of age and older in Perry County, 71.2% possesses a high school diploma while 9.9% holds a bachelor's degree or higher as their highest educational attainment.

Public schools

 * Altenburg 48 Elementary School - Altenburg - (K-08)
 * Perry County School District No. 32 - Perryville
 * Perryville Early Childhood Special Education Center (PK)
 * Perryville Elementary School (K-04)
 * Perry County Middle School (05-08)
 * Perryville High School (09-12)
 * Perryville Area Career & Technology Center (09-12)

Private schools

 * United in Christ Lutheran School - Frohna - (PK-8) - Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
 * Immanuel Lutheran School, Perryville - (PK-8) - Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
 * St. Vincent De Paul Schools, Perryville - (PK-12) - Roman Catholic
 * St. Vincent De Paul Elementary School (PK-6)
 * St. Vincent De Paul High School (7-12)

Public libraries

 * Altenburg Branch Library
 * Perryville Branch Library

Tourism & attractions
Perry County offers a number of historic, architectural and scenic attractions.

Visitors can explore the grounds of the St. Mary's of the Barrens Seminary, the first college founded west of the Mississippi River dating back to 1827. Other features include the National Shrine of our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, the Rosati Log Cabin, the Countess Estelle Doheny Museum with its priceless Gospel of St. John from the Gutenberg Bible and the Bishop Edward Sheehan Memorial Museum and Rare Book Room. Guided tours of the museums are available by request.

In Perryville, the county seat, visitors can stroll the beautiful square surrounding the Perry County Courthouse built in 1904 with its chiming clock tower. The Square is considered a show place of the city with newly completed streets, decorative sidewalks, "Washington" style light fixtures and decorative tree plantings. Newly brick-paved plaza, landscaped seating areas, park benches, a sundial, a drinking fountain, a directional marker and a gazebo have been added to the courthouse lawn.

On the northeastern corner of the square sits the Levi Block building constructed around 1829, which is thought to be the oldest remaining commercial building in Perryville. It now houses Hilderbrand Jewelers.

The Faherty House, located at 11 S. Spring Street, was originally constructed by Henry Burns in 1825 as a two-room stone house with a basement. It is thought to be the oldest remaining residence in the city. A brick, two-room addition to the house was built in the 1850s. The house also stands on one of the original town lots of Perryville. The restored house features a circa 1830-1890 exterior and interior and is owned and maintained by the Perry County Historical Society.

The Perry County Museum is located at the entrance of the Perryville City Park in the Doerr House, (Wednesday and weekends, May–October).

In southeastern Perry County near the Mississippi River are the early German villages of Frohna, Altenburg, and Wittenberg.

The Saxon Lutheran Memorial in Frohna is dedicated to the preservation of the religious and cultural heritage of the 1839 Saxon Immigration to Missouri (daily, year-round). The memorial boasts two original log houses, a large log barn, a collection of tools and antique farm machinery, a visitor's center, country store and gift shop.

In Altenburg, visit the Concordia Log Cabin College (1839), the Loeber Log Cabin (1839) and Trinity Lutheran Church (1867). The log cabin college was the first Lutheran Seminary west of the Mississippi River. Guided tours of historic Altenburg are also available by appointment.

Traveling south, visit the Tower Rock Natural Area, a designated national landmark, which features a 10 mi hiking trail. Tower Rock is a 60 ft high rock, which stands majestically in the Mississippi River. The history of Tower Rock dates to 1698, when three missionaries established a landing atop the rocky island. Nearby, the early 19th century settlement of Apple Creek features the Lady of St. Joseph Shrine.

Perry County has approximately 650 known caves. It has more caves than any other county in Missouri, which is nicknamed "The Cave State."

Cities

 * Altenburg
 * Frohna
 * Perryville (county seat)

Village

 * Longtown

Census-designated places

 * Biehle
 * Brewer
 * Lithium
 * Shakertowne

Unincorporated communities

 * Allen's Landing
 * Apple Creek
 * Barks
 * Belgique
 * Brazeau
 * Brewer
 * Claryville
 * Corners
 * Crosstown
 * Eureka
 * Farrar
 * Fenwick Settlement
 * Friedenberg
 * Highland
 * McBride
 * Menfro
 * Millheim
 * Old Appleton
 * Pointrest
 * Schalls
 * Schumer Springs
 * Sereno
 * Seventy-Six
 * Silver Lake
 * Uniontown
 * Wittenberg
 * Yount

Former communities

 * Dresden
 * Fenwick Settlement
 * Friendlytown
 * Giboney
 * Le Grand Village Sauvage
 * Pointrest
 * Seelitz
 * Seventy-Six
 * Starlanding
 * Tucker's Settlement

Townships

 * Bois Brule
 * Brazeau
 * Central
 * Cinque Hommes
 * St. Mary's
 * Salem
 * Saline
 * Union

Islands

 * Grand Tower Island

title: Perry County, Missouri