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Daviess County, Missouri

Daviess County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,430. Its county seat is Gallatin. The county was organized December 29, 1836, from Ray County and named for Major Joseph Hamilton Daveiss, a soldier from Kentucky who was killed in 1811 at the Battle of Tippecanoe.

The county includes the town of Jamesport, which has the largest Amish community in Missouri.

History
According to Latter Day Saint movement founder Joseph Smith, Adam-ondi-Ahman, situated in the central part of the county, was where Adam and Eve relocated after being banished from the Garden of Eden. According to LDS tradition, the site is to be a gathering spot prior to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.

In 1838, two years after the county was organized, Joseph Smith's claims about the history of the area spurred in an influx of Mormon settlers. Non-Mormon residents feared they were going to lose control of the county and attempted to prevent Mormons from voting in the Gallatin Election Day Battle. This was to be the first skirmish in the Mormon War. Later, in retaliation for violence to their families and destruction of their property, some Mormons burned and sacked Gallatin, Grindstone Fork, Millport and other smaller settlements. The plundered goods were deposited in the Bishop's storehouse at Diahman. Millport, which at the time was the largest city in the county and the center for trade, never recovered, and became a ghost town. Missouri Governor Lilburn Boggs issued an Extermination Order to drive the Mormons from the state after arresting Joseph Smith and other leaders of the church.

Daviess County played a major role in the history of the outlaw James-Younger Gang. The first confirmed bank robbery involving Jesse James occurred on December 7, 1869, at the Daviess County Savings Association in Gallatin. John W. Sheets, the bank cashier, was killed in the process by Jesse James, who believed Sheets was Samuel P. Cox, who had killed James's bushwhacker colleague Bloody Bill Anderson during the American Civil War. On July 15, 1881, the gang was believed to have been responsible for the robbery of the Rock Island Line at Winston in which a conductor and passenger were killed.

After Jesse James was murdered in St. Joseph, Frank James surrendered in 1882 to face Daviess County charges in connection with the train robbery/murder as well as murder charges in the 1869 bank robbery. Frank James was tried from August 20 – September 6, 1883. Interest was so intense that the trial was moved to the Gallatin Opera House to accommodate the crowds. James was found not guilty of involvement in both crimes. Charges were made that the jury was filled with Southern sympathizers who refused to convict one of their own.

The Daviess County Savings Association and the Gallatin Opera House have since been torn down, although the Winston Rock Island Line train station still stands and is operated by the local historical society as a museum.

Daviess County has one of only three Rotary Jails still in existence. Also known as the "Squirrel Cage Jail," it is now a museum and is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 569 sqmi, of which 563 sqmi is land and 5.8 sqmi (1.0%) is water.

Adjacent counties

 * Harrison County (north)
 * Grundy County (northeast)
 * Livingston County (southeast)
 * Caldwell County (south)
 * DeKalb County (west)
 * Gentry County (northwest)

Major highways

 * [[Image:I-35 (MO).svg|20px]] Interstate 35
 * [[Image:US 69.svg|20px]] U.S. Route 69
 * [[Image:MO-6.svg|20px]] Route 6
 * [[Image:MO-13.svg|20px]] Route 13
 * [[Image:MO-190.svg|20px]] Route 190

Demographics
As of the 2010 census, there were 8,433 people, 3,214 households, and 2,489 families residing in the county. The population density was 15 /mi2. There were 4,199 housing units at an average density of 7 /mi2. The racial makeup of the county was 98.02% White, 0.27% Black or African American, 0.38% Native American, 0.06% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.08% from other races, and 1.16% from two or more races. Approximately 1.03% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 3,214 households, out of which 31.92% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.81% were married couples living together, 8.06% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.34% were non-families. 24.64% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.89% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.06.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 26.70% under the age of 18, 7.02% from 18 to 24, 21.81% from 25 to 44, 27.38% from 45 to 64, and 17.09% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 98.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.30 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $39,925, and the median income for a family was $48,839. Males had a median income of $33,882 versus $28,891 for females. The per capita income for the county was $19,900. About 9.80% of families and 13.80% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.50% of those under age 18 and 11.60% of those age 65 or over.

Education
Of adults 25 years of age and older in Daviess County, 84.0% possess a high school diploma or higher, while 14.4% hold a bachelor's degree or higher as their highest educational attainment.

Public schools

 * Gallatin R-V School District - Gallatin
 * Covel D. Searcy Elementary School (PK-04)
 * Gallatin Middle School (05-08)
 * Gallatin High School (09-12)
 * North Daviess County R-III School District - Jameson
 * North Daviess County Elementary School (PK-06) - Jameson
 * North Daviess County High School (07-12) - Jameson
 * Pattonsburg R-II School District - Pattonsburg
 * Pattonsburg Elementary School (PK-06)
 * Pattonsburg High School (07-12)
 * Tri-County R-VII School District - Jamesport
 * Tri-County Elementary School (K-06)
 * Tri-County High School (07-12)
 * Winston R-VI School District - Winston
 * Winston Elementary School (PK-06)
 * Winston High School (07-12)

Private schools

 * Country View School - Jamesport - (01-08) - Amish
 * Hickory Hill School - Jamesport - (01-08) - Amish
 * Jamesport Mennonite School - Jamesport - (01-08) - Mennonite
 * Meadow View School - Jamesport - (01-07) Amish
 * Oak Grove School - Jamesport - (01-08) - Amish
 * Spring Hill School - Jamesport - (01-08) - Amish
 * Walnut Creek School - Jamesport - (01-08) - Amish

Public libraries

 * Daviess County Library

Cities

 * Coffey
 * Gallatin (county seat)
 * Gilman City
 * Jamesport
 * Pattonsburg

Villages

 * Altamont
 * Jameson
 * Lock Springs
 * Winston

Census-designated place

 * Lake Viking

Unincorporated communities

 * Alta Vista
 * Bancroft
 * Carlow
 * Civil Bend
 * Mabel
 * Old Pattonsburg

Notable people

 * Phog Allen - University of Kansas coach, called the "Father of Basketball Coaching."
 * Conrad Burns - U.S. Senator (R-Montana), (1989-2007)
 * Webster Davis - Mayor of Kansas City, (1894-1895)
 * Alexander Monroe Dockery - Governor of Missouri, (1901-1905)
 * Brice Garnett - Professional golfer
 * Larry Holley - Head men's basketball coach at William Jewell College
 * William Thornton Kemper Sr. - Patriarch of the Missouri Kemper financial family
 * Jerry Litton - U.S. Representative, (1973-1976)
 * Johnny Ringo - outlaw who briefly lived in the area
 * Martha Scott - Academy Award-nominated actress
 * Wild Bill Elliott - Hollywood western movie actor, best known for role as "Red Ryder"

Local
Politics are predominantly controlled by the Republican Party at the local level in Daviess County.

State
All of Daviess County is a part of Missouri's 2nd District in the Missouri House of Representatives and is currently represented by J. Eggleston (R-Maysville). Eggleston was reelected to a fourth term in 2020.

All of Daviess County is a part of Missouri's 12th District in the Missouri Senate and is currently represented by Dan Hegeman (R-Cosby). Hegeman won a second term in 2018.

Federal
All of Daviess 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. Graves was elected to an eleventh term in 2020 over Democratic challenger Gena Ross.

Daviess County, along with the rest of the state of Missouri, is represented in the U.S. Senate by Josh Hawley (R-Columbia) and Roy Blunt (R-Strafford).

Blunt was elected to a second term in 2016 over then-Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander.

Political culture
At the presidential level, Daviess County has become solidly Republican in recent years. Daviess County strongly favored Donald Trump in both 2016 and 2020. Bill Clinton was the last Democratic presidential nominee to carry Daviess County in 1996 with a plurality of the vote, and a Democrat hasn't won majority support from the county's voters in a presidential election since Jimmy Carter in 1976.

Like most rural areas throughout northwest Missouri, voters in Daviess County generally adhere to socially and culturally conservative principles which tend to influence their Republican leanings, at least on the state and national levels. In 2004, Missourians voted on a constitutional amendment to define marriage as the union between a man and a woman—it overwhelmingly passed in Daviess County with 79.58% of the vote. The initiative passed with 71% support from voters statewide. In 2006, Missourians voted on a constitutional amendment to fund and legalize embryonic stem cell research in the state—it failed in Daviess County with 50.96% voting against the measure. The initiative narrowly passed the state with 51% of support from voters as Missouri became one of the first states in the nation to approve embryonic stem cell research. Despite Daviess 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 Daviess County with 68.25% of the vote. The proposition strongly passed every single county in Missouri with 78.99% voting in favor. (During the same election, voters in five other states also strongly approved increases in the minimum wage.) In 2018, Missourians voted on a proposition (Proposition A) concerning right to work, the outcome of which ultimately reversed the right to work legislation passed in the state the previous year. 62.93% of Daviess County voters cast their ballots to overturn the law.

2020
The 2020 presidential primaries for both the Democratic and Republican parties were held in Missouri on March 10. On the Democratic side, former Vice President Joe Biden (D-Delaware) both won statewide and carried Daviess County by a wide margin. Biden went on to defeat President Donald Trump in the general election.

Incumbent President Donald Trump (R-Florida) faced a primary challenge from former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld, but won both Daviess County and statewide by overwhelming margins.

2016
The 2016 presidential primaries for both the Republican and Democratic parties were held in Missouri on March 15. Businessman Donald Trump (R-New York) narrowly won the state overall, but carried a majority of the vote in Daviess County. He went on to win the presidency.

On the Democratic side, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D-New York) both won statewide and carried Daviess County by a small margin.

2012
The 2012 Missouri Republican Presidential Primary's results were nonbinding on the state's national convention delegates. Voters in Daviess County supported former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum (R-Pennsylvania), who finished first in the state at large, but eventually lost the nomination to former Governor Mitt Romney (R-Massachusetts). Delegates to the congressional district and state conventions were chosen at a county caucus, which selected a delegation favoring Santorum. Incumbent President Barack Obama easily won the Missouri Democratic Primary and renomination. He defeated Romney in the general election.

2008
In 2008, the Missouri Republican Presidential Primary was closely contested, with Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) prevailing and eventually winning the nomination.

Then-Senator Hillary Clinton (D-New York) received more votes than any candidate from either party in Daviess County during the 2008 presidential primary. Despite initial reports that Clinton had won Missouri, Barack Obama (D-Illinois), also a Senator at the time, narrowly defeated her statewide and later became that year's Democratic nominee, going on to win the presidency.

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Dallas County, Missouri

Dallas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 17,071. Its county seat is Buffalo. The county was organized in 1842 as Niangua County and then renamed in 1844 for George M. Dallas, who served as Vice President under James K. Polk.

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

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 543 sqmi, of which 541 sqmi is land and 2.1 sqmi (0.4%) is water.

Adjacent counties

 * Camden County (north)
 * Laclede County (east)
 * Webster County (south)
 * Greene County (southwest)
 * Polk County (west)
 * Hickory County (northwest)

Major highways

 * [[Image:US 65.svg|25px]] U.S. Route 65
 * [[Image:MO-32.svg|25px]] Route 32
 * [[Image:MO-64.svg|25px]] Route 64
 * [[Image:MO-64A.svg|25px]] Route 64A
 * [[Image:MO-73.svg|25px]] Route 73

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 15,661 people, 6,030 households and 4,383 families residing in the county. The population density was 29 PD/sqmi. There were 6,914 housing units at an average density of 13 /mi2. The racial makeup of the county was 97.45% White, 0.12% Black or African American, 0.76% Native American, 0.07% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.20% from other races, and 1.37% from two or more races. Approximately 0.94% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 3.57% percent reported speaking Pennsylvania German or German at home. Dallas County is the county with the largest concentration of Kauffman Amish Mennonites, who have preserved Pennsylvania German as their everyday language and an old form of Standard German for church. They had 950 adherents in Dallas County in 2010.

There were 6,030 households, out of which 32.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.80% were married couples living together, 8.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.30% were non-families. 23.70% 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 3.04.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 27.50% under the age of 18, 7.40% from 18 to 24, 26.40% from 25 to 44, 23.50% from 45 to 64, and 15.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $27,346; the median income for a family was $33,500. Males had a median income of $26,438 versus $17,569 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,106. About 14.20% of families and 17.90% of the population were below the poverty line, including 25.40% of those under age 18 and 18.50% of those age 65 or over.

Public schools

 * Dallas County R-I School District – Buffalo
 * Mallory Elementary School (PK-04)
 * Buffalo Middle School (05-08)
 * Buffalo High School (09-12)
 * Hickory County R-I School District – Urbana
 * Skyline Elementary School (K-04)
 * Skyline Middle School (05-08)
 * Skyline High School (09-12)

Private schools

 * Meadowlark Hill - (PK-08) - Mennonite - Tunas
 * Prairie Grove School - (01-08) - Amish - Buffalo

Cities

 * Buffalo (county seat)
 * Urbana

Village

 * Louisburg

Census-designated place

 * Bennett Springs

Other unincorporated places

 * Boyd
 * Celt
 * Charity
 * Cloverdale
 * Elixer
 * Foose
 * Handley
 * Leadmine
 * Long Lane
 * March
 * Mathis
 * Olive
 * Plad
 * Redtop
 * Reynolds
 * Shady Grove
 * Spring Grove
 * Tunas
 * Wall Street
 * Windyville
 * Wood Hill

Notable people

 * Roy Meeker - professional baseball player

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

State
All of Dallas County is a part of Missouri's 129th District in the Missouri House of Representatives and is represented by Sandy Crawford (R-Buffalo).

All of Dallas County is a part of Missouri's 28th District in the Missouri Senate. The seat has been held by Sandy Crawford since 2017.

Federal
All of Dallas County is included in Missouri's 4th Congressional District and is currently represented by Mark Alford (R-Lake Winnebago) 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 1,157, than any candidate from either party in Dallas County during the 2008 presidential primary. She narrowly edged out former Governor Mike Huckabee (R-Arkansas) by four votes.

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Notable people associated with Wood Green
I can't find references for any of these. I suspect they are largely, if not entirely spurious. I propose deleting the whole section, as it is in any case not very informative, even in the unlikely event that it is accurate. I'll do this in a few days unless there are objections.. Wood green (talk) 18:57, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
 * This list is just growing again - these lists will always grow if there's just a notable people section - best way to have properly referenced additions is to have ONLY a category which means Wood Green info needs to be added to the person's article. It's worked well on Crouch End article. So am going to do the same here. ||||

One of London's most important shopping hubs
Do me a favour, its a crap hole and half the shops are pound shops. How can it be thought of on of the most important, what are the others, which is more important, which less?212.35.97.195 10:22, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

The area is great for shopping, unfortunatley not inspirational planning from Haringey Council, and not a fantastic piece of sustainable planning. What the council need to realise is that if they plonk a shopping mall on a residential street, there is going to be increased traffic and they need to deal with the consequences. Also they should never have been allowed to tear down the beautiful Edwardian theatre and archictecture to build it. Having said that, there is a lot of renovation and regeneration going on in Wood Green, led by residents & business rather than the council, which is having a positive impact! The council need to get on board and help rather than hinder these efforts

 * Isn't the issue that Wood Green has been identified as one of the major district centres in the London Plan? If you want to understand why its regarded as important and understand the planners' thinking, try that.Eyedubya (talk) 03:13, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

First ATM
What is the source for the "world's first ATM was in Wood Green" claim (that I just removed)? I don't think it's true, because this very afternoon I walked past a plaque in Enfield Town saying *that* was where the first ATM was. - Khendon

 * I also heard that the first ATM was in Enfield. jt_spratt

Removed quote
Removed the quote below: can't find any reference for it and find it hard to believe (I've been to that butcher's - they're not bad, but finest steak in London it ain't). Certainly the place is not "famous in the culinary world".

"It is also famous in the culinary world; indeed Gordon Ramsay prides himself on sourcing the finest steak in London from the Food Court located to the rear of the formentioned Shopping City."

no, that was true (I guess POV, or something) when Ramsay was living in Crouch End i the early nineties. The reference comes from a minor article in the G2 about twelve years ago. The quote should be re-instated with that proviso.

Ricin plot
Could the Ricin Plot become a subsection of the History as i personally no longer would count it as current affairs. Jt spratt 12:52, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Public open space in Wood Green
This article needs a section on public open space in Wood Green, such as Woodside Park (currently threatened with redevelopment into a backdrop for a new Civic Centre for Haringey) and all the other places that don't even have names on Google Maps, but are well-used and much loved. Eyedubya (talk) 09:19, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Now done. I've also added an article on Woodside Park (including adding a disambig page) and added names to unnamed spaces on Google Maps - though the way things work these days they may ever show up as labels but will show up in search.HughJLF (talk) 17:02, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

Today section
This section seems just to be a miscellaneous section with some promotional text. Perhaps it could be modified to fit into the geography section or an Economy section as per WP:UKTOWNS. Also the Notable appearances section looks like a Trivia section. Grim23 ★ 23:31, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

I moved the today section to this page in case some the info can be re-added when the article has grown abit more:

thumb|Wood Green shopping mall

thumb|Wood Green Showcase cinema at night

The area has also established a reputation for being vibrant and multicultural, and it has been estimated that nearly two hundred languages are spoken in the area.(ref - Haringey's English Language Page).

The Wood Green International Short Film Festival, a film festival showing short British and international films, was founded in 2002. As well as screening films, it hosts discussion groups and workshops for both established and up-and-coming filmakers. The next festival is in Mar 2009.(ref - Wood Green International Short Film Festival)

R.E.M.'S album Fables of the Reconstruction and The Smiths single "Panic", were both recorded at Livingston Recording Studios in Wood Green. (ref -Livingston Recording Studios London) Bjork's 'Debut' was also recorded in Wood Green. Buena Vista Social Club, was recorded in Cuba but mixed in Wood Green. Artists who have recorded in Wood Green include the Libertines, Shakira, Ry Cooder, John Martyn, Jamie Cullum, Youssou N'Dour, Ash, Ronan Keating amongst others.

Grim23 ★ 00:47, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

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Boundaries
A lot of reliance is being placed on Google Maps in an attempt to define, if not invent, boundaries, even though both the parish map and postcodes greatly differ with Google - for instance, whatever Muswell hill nimbies believe, most of Ally Pally park and the building itself and the area north are actually in Wood Green, which certainly doesn't stop at the main railway line. We surely need to find better and more reliable sources than Google. Straw Cat (talk) 15:06, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
 * London neighbourhood boundaries are a minefield. I haven't placed any reliance on Google, but there is no source I would rely on other than what local people think. I should point out that I don't pretend to have the definitive answer, but I'm happy to help in finding the best answer we can. Postcodes tell us little more than where postcodes are. Parish boundaries are more informative, but as far as I'm aware they predate the development of Wood Green as residential area by a good few centuries, so ultimately aren't really that useful. So that brings us back to local people - and as I'm sure you'll agree we're unlikely to ever get consensus. I wonder if the thing to do is just acknowledge that, define something that's unarguably Wood Green and then point up bits that might or might not be Wood Green depending on who you're talking to. What do you think? HughJLF (talk) 16:57, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Problem is, what local people think could be what they would like to think. I live on the borders of Hornsey but could be tempted to say I'm in Crouch End - but that would be a fib. Estate agents like to talk about Highgate borders when they mean somewhere less exalted.
 * Didn't we have the same problem with the Hornsey article? I fear that your attempt to try to define new "perceived" borders at exact street level is doomed and in any case isn't for WP - it's WP:OR. We have to go on what we've got, which is still usually parish boundaries. Hence my challenge that Wood Green stops at the railway line ... if we narrow the borders from what they were we then mispresent the history of the area, which was then wider. We can explicitly state and admit it's controversial, as we've done on the Hornsey article. And also refer to the historical shift in boundaries and administrative areas. Straw Cat (talk) 18:33, 27 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I didn't get an email about these comments and have just edited without having read them. Nonetheless, I think what I've done fits what you suggest in your 2nd para. How's it looking for you?HughJLF (talk) 12:30, 28 May 2018 (UTC)
 * How do you feel about getting rid of that 'dubious' tag after the most recent (May) changes made? HughJLF (talk) 00:17, 12 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I may be missing something but all I can see new is a link to a single source - a version of Google maps which does not show up on the normal Google map of the area. Even if that were a sufficient independent published WP:RS, that does not address the issue that Wood Green for most of its history included Tottenham Wood, which includes Alexandra Park and Palace, and the article is supposed to cover this history. Straw Cat (talk) 18:06, 12 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't disagree with what you say about the history of Tottenham Wood. But I don't think there are many who'd argue that in the present day Wood Green goes any further west than the railway line. Would an reword that acknowledged the historical inclusion of Tottenham Wood satisfy you? HughJLF (talk) 19:19, 12 August 2018 (UTC)
 * As I've mentioned below and elsewhere, with all due respect, what is at issue is not what an editor, however eminent, thinks "many would argue" is the border, but what has been published somewhere in authoritative WP:RS's - that's how the encyclopedia works. I have the same misgivings about your line-drawing in Hornsey/Crouch End. It's too subjective. Straw Cat (talk) 23:52, 12 August 2018 (UTC)

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Dade County, Missouri

Dade County is a county located in the southwest part of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,569. Its county seat is Greenfield. The county was organized in 1841 and named after Major Francis L. Dade of Virginia, who was killed in the Second Seminole War in 1835.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 506 sqmi, of which 490 sqmi is land and 16 sqmi (3.2%) is water.

Adjacent counties

 * Cedar County (north)
 * Polk County (northeast)
 * Greene County (southeast)
 * Lawrence County (south)
 * Jasper County (southwest)
 * Barton County (west)

Major highways

 * [[Image:US 160.svg|25px]] U.S. Route 160
 * [[Image:MO-39.svg|25px]] Route 39
 * [[Image:MO-97.svg|25px]] Route 97

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 7,923 people, 3,202 households, and 2,276 families residing in the county. The population density was 16 /mi2. There were 3,758 housing units at an average density of 8 /mi2. The racial makeup of the county was 97.45% White, 0.27% Black or African American, 0.71% Native American, 0.14% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.19% from other races, and 1.20% from two or more races. Approximately 0.85% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 3,202 households, out of which 29.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.30% were married couples living together, 6.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.90% were non-families. 26.50% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.93.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 24.30% under the age of 18, 6.80% from 18 to 24, 24.10% from 25 to 44, 24.40% from 45 to 64, and 20.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 95.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $29,097, and the median income for a family was $33,651. Males had a median income of $26,092 versus $18,464 for females. The per capita income for the county was $14,254. About 9.30% of families and 13.40% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.10% of those under age 18 and 13.10% of those age 65 or over.

Public schools

 * Dadeville R-II School District – Dadeville
 * Dadeville Elementary School (K-06)
 * Dadeville High School (07-12)
 * Everton R-III School District – Everton
 * Everton Elementary School (K-05)
 * Everton Middle School (06-08)
 * Everton High School (09-12)
 * Greenfield R-IV School District – Greenfield
 * Greenfield Elementary School (PK-06)
 * Greenfield High School (07-12)
 * Lockwood R-I School District – Lockwood
 * Lockwood Elementary School (PK-08)
 * Lockwood High School (09-12)

Private schools

 * Immanuel Lutheran School – Lockwood (PK-08) – Lutheran
 * Faith Fellowship Christian Academy – Greenfield (PK-10) - Baptist

Public libraries

 * Dade County Library
 * Lockwood Public Library

Cities and towns

 * Arcola
 * Dadeville
 * Everton
 * Greenfield (county seat)
 * Lockwood
 * South Greenfield

Unincorporated communities

 * Bona
 * Cedarville
 * Comet
 * Corry
 * Dudenville
 * Kings Point
 * Meinert
 * Pennsboro
 * Sylvania

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

State
All of Dade County is a part of Missouri's 127th District in the Missouri House of Representatives and is represented by Ann Kelley (R-Lamar).

All of Dade County is a part of Missouri's 32nd District in the Missouri Senate and is currently represented by Ron Richard (R-Joplin).

Federal
All of Dade 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.

Missouri presidential preference primary (2008)
Former Governor Mike Huckabee (R-Arkansas) received more votes, a total of 769, than any candidate from either party in Dade County during the 2008 presidential primary. He fell just 25 votes short from receiving the same number of votes cast in the entire Democratic primary in Dade County.

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Crawford County, Missouri

Crawford County is a county located in the east-central portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. At the 2020 Census, the population was 23,056. Its county seat is Steelville. The county was organized in 1829 and is named after U.S. Senator William H. Crawford of Georgia.

The section of Sullivan which is located in Crawford County is included in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.

In 1990, the mean center of U.S. population was located in southwestern Crawford County.

Crawford County was established in 1829 and the County Seat of Steelville was laid out in 1836.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 744 sqmi, of which 743 sqmi is land and 1.2 sqmi (0.2%) is water.

Adjacent counties

 * Franklin County (north)
 * Washington County (east)
 * Iron County (southeast)
 * Dent County (south)
 * Phelps County (west)
 * Gasconade County (northwest)

Major highways

 * [[Image:I-44 (MO).svg|20px]] Interstate 44
 * [[Image:US 66.svg|20px]] U.S. Route 66 (1926–1979)
 * [[Image:MO-8.svg|20px]] Route 8
 * [[Image:MO-19.svg|20px]] Route 19
 * [[Image:MO-49.svg|20px]] Route 49

National protected area

 * Mark Twain National Forest (part)

Demographics
At the 2000 census, there were 22,804 people, 8,858 households and 6,351 families residing in the county. The population density was 31 /mi2. There were 10,850 housing units at an average density of 15 /mi2. The racial makeup of the county was 98.26% White, 0.14% Black or African American, 0.43% Native American, 0.13% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.14% from other races, and 0.82% from two or more races. Approximately 0.77% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 8,858 households, of which 32.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.70% were married couples living together, 9.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.30% were non-families. 24.30% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.00.

26.30% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.90% from 18 to 24, 26.90% from 25 to 44, 23.10% from 45 to 64, and 15.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 97.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.60 males.

The median household income was $37,554 and the median family income was $45,059. Males had a median income of $28,005 compared with $18,736 for females. The per capita income was $18,203. About 12.70% of families and 16.30% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.30% of those under age 18 and 14.10% of those age 65 or over.

Public schools

 * Crawford County R-I School District - Bourbon
 * Bourbon Elementary School (PK−4)
 * Bourbon Middle School (5−8)
 * Bourbon High School (9–12)
 * Crawford County R-II School District - Cuba
 * Cuba Elementary School (K−4)
 * Cuba Middle School (5−8)
 * Cuba High School (9–12)
 * Steelville R-III School District - Steelville
 * Steelville Elementary School (PK−4)
 * Steelville Middle School (5−8)
 * Steelville High School (9–12)

Private schools

 * Meramec Valley Christian School - Sullivan - Baptist - (PK–12)
 * Holy Cross Catholic School - Cuba, Missouri - Catholic - (PK−8)

Public libraries

 * Bourbon Branch Library
 * Recklein Memorial Branch Library
 * Steelville Branch Library

Cities and towns

 * Bourbon
 * Cook Station
 * Cuba
 * Leasburg
 * St. Cloud
 * Steelville (county seat)
 * Sullivan (partial)
 * West Sullivan

Census-designated place

 * Indian Lake

Unincorporated communities

 * Argo
 * Berryman
 * Butts
 * Cherry Valley
 * Cherryville
 * Coffeyton
 * Czar
 * Davisville
 * Delhi
 * Dillard
 * Elayer
 * Fanning
 * Harrison Mills
 * Hinch
 * Hofflins
 * Huzzah
 * Iron Center
 * Jake Prairie
 * Keysville
 * Midland
 * Oak Hill
 * Patsy
 * Scotia
 * Service
 * Wesco
 * Westover

Townships

 * Benton
 * Boone
 * Courtois
 * Knobview
 * Liberty
 * Meramec
 * Oak Hill
 * Osage
 * Union

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

State
Crawford County is split between two of the districts that elect members of the Missouri House of Representatives, both of which are currently represented by Republicans.
 * District 62 — Tom Hurst (R-Meta). Consists of the northwest corner of the county.

 * District 120 — Jason Chimpman (R- Steelville). Consists of almost of the county.

In the Missouri Senate, all of Crawford County is a part of Missouri's 16th District and is represented by Republican Justin Brown.

Federal
All of Crawford County is included in Missouri's 8th Congressional District and is currently represented by Republican Jason T. Smith of Salem in the U.S. House of Representatives. Smith won a special election on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, to complete the remaining term of former Republican Jo Ann Emerson of 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
Crawford County is like most rural counties, socially conservative and vote in favor of the Republican Party. Bill Clinton was the last Democratic presidential nominee to win Crawford County in 1996. Since then, voters in the county have substantially supported Republicans at the national level.

2008 Missouri presidential primary
In the 2008 Missouri Presidential Primary, voters in Crawford County from both political parties supported candidates who finished in second place in the state at large and nationally.

Former Governor Mike Huckabee (R-Arkansas) won Crawford County by just one vote with 32.71 percent of the vote. U.S. Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) finished in second place in Crawford County with 32.66 percent. Former Governor Mitt Romney (R-Massachusetts) came in third place, receiving 27.76 percent of the vote while libertarian-leaning U.S. Representative Ron Paul (R-Texas) finished fourth with 5.15 percent.
 * Republican

Then-U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-New York) won a decisive victory in Crawford County with 66.36 percent of the vote. Then-U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois) received 30.07 percent of the vote from Crawford County Democrats. Although he withdrew from the race, former U.S. Senator John Edwards (D-North Carolina) still received 2.61 percent of the vote in Crawford County.
 * Democratic

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Talk:Stepney

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This section is unsourced and contains material of dubious value. I have moved it here in case any editor wishes to investigate the claims and incorporate them into the article with appropriate sources.  SilkTork  *YES! 17:36, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Notable fictional appearances
The BBC sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart was set in Stepney. The Rolling Stones' song "Play with Fire" references Stepney: "Now she gets her kicks in Stepney, not in Knightsbridge anymore." In Blackadder II Episode 6, Lord Percy explains the disappearance of his Uncle Bertram's old oak table thus: "'twas on the night of the great Stepney fire. And on that same, terrible night, his house and all his other things completely vanished too. So did he, in fact. It was a most perplexing mystery." In the film Help!, Alfie Bass has a cameo where he portrays a doorman of an Indian restaurant. When Ringo Starr discovers Alfie Bass is not an actual Indian, he exclaims "He's from the West!" Bass replies "Nah, east...Stepney." The English Nursery Rhyme Oranges and Lemons refers to the "...bells of Stepney." In George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, set in England, he writes about rocket bombs killing many people: "One fell on a crowded film theatre in Stepney, burying several hundred victims among the ruins." This is in Chapter 5, Part 2. In the opening scene of the film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, the character Bacon makes reference to a piece of jewelry that is "hand made in Italy, hand stolen in Stepney". In Arthur Conan Doyle's short story The Adventure of the Six Napoleons, Sherlock Holmes traces the origin of the eponymous plaster busts of Napoleon Bonaparte to a factory in Church Street, Stepney.

Births at sea?
I have heard that at one time, all those born at sea were entered as being of the parish of Stepney. If true, ths should be sourced, and put in the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.149.136.11 (talk) 08:50, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

"Earls" of Cleveland
There was only one Earl of Cleveland, so the reference is both incorrect and doesn't add much.Roryharrow (talk) 18:23, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

Orphaned references in Stepney
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Cooper County, Missouri

Cooper County is located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 17,103. Its county seat is Boonville. The county was organized December 17, 1818, and named for Sarshell Cooper, a frontier settler who was killed by Native Americans near Arrow Rock in 1814. It is a part of the Columbia, Missouri metropolitan area.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 569 sqmi, of which 565 sqmi is land and 4.4 sqmi (0.8%) is water.

Adjacent counties

 * Howard County (north)
 * Boone County (northeast)
 * Moniteau County (southeast)
 * Morgan County (south)
 * Pettis County (west)
 * Saline County (northwest)

Major highways

 * [[Image:I-70 (MO).svg|20px]] Interstate 70
 * [[Image:US 40.svg|20px]] U.S. Route 40
 * [[Image:MO-5.svg|20px]] Route 5
 * [[Image:MO-41.svg|20px]] Route 41
 * [[Image:MO-87.svg|20px]] Route 87
 * [[Image:MO-98.svg|20px]] Route 98
 * [[Image:MO-135.svg|20px]] Route 135
 * [[Image:MO-179.svg|20px]] Route 179

National protected area

 * Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge

Demographics
As of the 2000 census, there were 16,670 people, 5,932 households and 4,140 families residing in the county. The population density was 30 PD/sqmi. There were 6,676 housing units at an average density of 12 /mi2. The racial makeup of the county was 89.05% White, 8.96% Black or African American, 0.36% Native American, 0.23% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.28% from other races, and 1.11% from two or more races. Approximately 0.86% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 38.1% were of German, 18.7% American, 8.1% English and 8.0% Irish ancestry.

There were 5,932 households, of which 31.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.40% were married couples living together, 9.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.20% were non-families. 26.10% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.97.

Age distribution was 22.80% under the age of 18, 14.00% from 18 to 24, 27.40% from 25 to 44, 20.60% from 45 to 64, and 15.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 117.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 120.00 males.

The median household income was $35,313, and the median family income was $41,526. Males had a median income of $28,513 versus $20,965 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,648. About 8.30% of families and 10.70% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.80% of those under age 18 and 8.30% of those age 65 or over.

Public schools

 * Blackwater R-II School District – Blackwater
 * Blackwater Elementary School (PK-08)
 * Boonville R-I School District – Boonville
 * Hannah Cole Primary School (PK-02)
 * David Barton Elementary School (03-05)
 * Laura Speed Elliott Middle School (06-08)
 * Boonville High School (09-12)
 * Cooper County R-IV School District – Bunceton
 * Bunceton Elementary School (K-06)
 * Bunceton High School (07-12)
 * Otterville R-VI School District – Otterville
 * Otterville Elementary School (K-06)
 * Otterville High School (07-12)
 * Pilot Grove C-4 School District – Pilot Grove
 * Pilot Grove Elementary School (PK-05)
 * Pilot Grove Middle School (06-08)
 * Pilot Grove High School (09-12)
 * Prairie Home R-V School District – Prairie Home
 * Prairie Home Elementary School (K-06)
 * Prairie Home High School (07-12)

Private schools

 * Saints Peter & Paul School – Boonville (K-09) – Roman Catholic
 * Zion Lutheran School – Bunceton (02-08) – Lutheran
 * St. Joseph Elementary School – Pilot Grove (02-09) – Roman Catholic

Public libraries

 * Boonville/Cooper Branch Library

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

State
Cooper County is divided into three legislative districts in the Missouri House of Representatives, all of which elected Republicans, but one is currently vacant.
 * District 47 — Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport). Consists of areas east of the city of Boonville.

 * District 48 — Tim Taylor (politician) (R-Bunceton). Consists of the communities of Blackwater, Boonville, Bunceton, Otterville, and Pilot Grove.

 * District 50 — Sara Walsh. (R-Ashland). Consists of the community of Prairie Home and much of the rest of the eastern portion of the county.

All of Cooper County is a part of Missouri's 19th District in the Missouri Senate and is currently represented by Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia).

Federal
All of Cooper 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

 * Blackwater
 * Boonville (county seat)
 * Bunceton
 * Otterville
 * Pilot Grove
 * Prairie Home

Villages

 * Windsor Place
 * Wooldridge

Unincorporated communities

 * Bellair
 * Billingsville
 * Chouteau Springs
 * Clarks Fork
 * Clifton City
 * Harriston
 * Lamine
 * Lone Elm
 * New Lebanon
 * Overton
 * Pisgah
 * Pleasant Green
 * Speed

Townships
Cooper County is divided into 14 townships:

 * Blackwater
 * Boonville
 * Clark Fork
 * Clear Creek
 * Kelly
 * Lamine
 * Lebanon
 * North Moniteau
 * Otterville
 * Palestine
 * Pilot Grove
 * Prairie Home
 * Saline
 * South Moniteau

Notable person

 * Country music singer Sara Evans was born in Cooper County.

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Cole County, Missouri

Cole County is located in the central part of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, its population was 77,279. Its county seat and largest city is Jefferson City, the state capital. The county was organized November 16, 1820, and named after pioneer William Temple Cole who built Cole's Fort in Boonville.

Cole County is in the Jefferson City, MO Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is south of the Missouri River.

In 2010, the center of the population of Missouri was in Cole County, near the village of Wardsville.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 402 sqmi, of which 394 sqmi is land and 8.2 sqmi (2.0%) is water. It is the third-smallest county in Missouri by area.

Adjacent counties

 * Boone County (north)
 * Callaway County (northeast)
 * Osage County (southeast)
 * Miller County (southwest)
 * Moniteau County (northwest)

Major highways

 * [[Image:US 50.svg|25px]] U.S. Route 50
 * [[Image:US 54.svg|25px]] U.S. Route 54
 * [[Image:US 63.svg|25px]] U.S. Route 63
 * [[Image:MO-17.svg|25px]] Route 17
 * [[Image:MO-179.svg|25px]] Route 179

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 71,397 people, 27,040 households, and 17,927 families residing in the county. The population density was 182 PD/sqmi. There were 28,915 housing units at an average density of 74 /mi2. The racial makeup of the county was 87.06% White, 9.92% Black or African American, 0.33% Native American, 0.88% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.54% from other races, and 1.23% from two or more races. Approximately 1.28% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 40.1% were of German, 13.6% American, 7.8% English and 6.9% Irish ancestry.

There were 27,040 households, out of which 33.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.00% were married couples living together, 10.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.70% were non-families. 28.70% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 24.20% under the age of 18, 9.80% from 18 to 24, 32.30% from 25 to 44, 22.40% from 45 to 64, and 11.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $42,924, and the median income for a family was $53,416. Males had a median income of $33,769 versus $25,189 for females. The per capita income for the county was $20,739. About 5.80% of families and 8.70% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.50% of those under age 18 and 7.30% of those age 65 or over.

Government and infrastructure
The Missouri Department of Corrections (MDOC) operates the Jefferson City Correctional Center in Jefferson City. The current JCCC was opened on September 15, 2004, replacing the Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City.

Public schools

 * Blair Oaks R-II School District – Jefferson City
 * Blair Oaks Elementary School (K-02)
 * Blair Oaks Intermediate School (03-05)
 * Blair Oaks Middle School (06-08)
 * Blair Oaks High School (09-12)
 * Cole County R-I School District – Russellville
 * Cole County R-I Elementary School (PK-06)
 * Russellville High School (07-12)
 * Cole County R-V School District – Eugene
 * Eugene Elementary School (PK-06)
 * Eugene High School (07-12)
 * Jefferson City Public School District – Jefferson City
 * Southwest Early Childhood Education Center (PK)
 * Callaway Hills Elementary School (K-05) – Holts Summit
 * South Elementary School (K-05)
 * Thorpe J. Gordon STEM Elementary School (K-05)
 * East Elementary School (K-05)
 * North Elementary School (K-05) – Holts Summit
 * Cedar Hill Elementary School (K-05)
 * West Elementary School (K-05)
 * Moreau Heights Elementary School (K-05)
 * Belair Elementary School (K-05)
 * Pioneer Trail Elementary School (K-05)
 * Clarence Lawson Elementary School (K-05)
 * Thomas Jefferson Middle School (06-08)
 * Lewis & Clark Middle School (06-08)
 * Jefferson City High School (09-12)
 * Capital City High School (09-12)

Private schools

 * Immaculate Conception School – Jefferson City (PK-08) – Roman Catholic
 * Immanuel Lutheran School – Jefferson City (PK-08) – Lutheran
 * Moreau Montessori School – Jefferson City (PK-03) – Nonsectarian
 * River Oak Christian Academy– Jefferson City (PK-07) – Nondenominational Christian
 * St. Francis Xavier School – Taos (K-08) – Roman Catholic
 * St. Joseph Cathedral School – Jefferson City (PK-08) – Roman Catholic
 * St. Martin School – St. Martins (K-08) – Roman Catholic
 * St. Peter Interparish School – Jefferson City (PK-08) – Roman Catholic
 * St. Stanislaus Catholic School – Wardsville (K-08) – Roman Catholic
 * St. Thomas The Apostle School – Saint Thomas (PK-08) – Roman Catholic
 * Lighthouse Preparatory Academy – Jefferson City (PK-12) – Nondenominational Christian
 * Trinity Lutheran School – Jefferson City (PK-08) – Lutheran
 * Calvary Lutheran High School – Jefferson City (09-12) – Lutheran
 * Helias Catholic High School – Jefferson City (09-12) – Roman Catholic
 * Helias Catholic High School – Jefferson City (09-12) – Roman Catholic

Post-secondary education

 * Lincoln University – Jefferson City – A public, four-year historically black university.

Public libraries

 * Missouri River Regional Library

Cities

 * Jefferson City (county seat and state capital; a small portion extends into Callaway County)
 * Lohman
 * Russellville
 * St. Martins
 * St. Thomas
 * Taos

Villages

 * Centertown
 * Wardsville

Unincorporated communities

 * Apache Flats
 * Bass
 * Brazito
 * Elston
 * Eugene
 * Henley
 * Hickory Hill
 * Honey Creek
 * Marion
 * Millbrook
 * Osage Bend
 * Osage Bluff
 * Osage City
 * Schubert
 * Scott
 * Scrivner
 * Stringtown

Education
School districts include:
 * Blair Oaks R-II School District
 * Cole County R-I School District
 * Cole County R-V School District
 * Jamestown C-1 School District
 * Jefferson City Public Schools

Local
The Republican Party controls politics at the local level in Cole County. Republicans hold all but one of the elected positions in the county. The Democratic Party do not hold any elected positions on the county level.

State
Cole County is divided into five legislative districts in the Missouri House of Representatives, all of which elected Republicans.

 * District 49 — Travis Fitzwater (R-Holts Summit). Consists of a small unincorporated area of the county just west of the city of Jefferson City.

 * District 50 — Sara Walsh. Consists of unincorporated areas in the northwest corner of the county.

 * District 59 — Rudy Veit (R-Jefferson City). Consists of the communities of Centertown, Eugene, Lohman, Russellville, St. Martins, Taos, and Wardsville.

 * District 60 — Dave Griffith (R-Jefferson City) Consists of the city of Jefferson City.

 * District 62 — Tom Hurst (R-Meta) Consists of the community of St. Thomas.

Cole County is a part of Missouri's 6th District in the Missouri Senate and is currently represented by Mike Bernskoetter (R-Jefferson City).

Federal
All of Cole County is included in Missouri's 3rd congressional district and is currently represented by Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Saint Elizabeth) in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Missouri presidential preference primary (2008)
Former U.S. Senator and President Barack Obama (D-Illinois) received more votes, a total of 4,642, than any candidate from either party in Cole County during the 2008 presidential primary. Cole County was one of only six counties (including the independent city of St. Louis) that backed Obama in Missouri.

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In the article's sub section about the population of STOCKWELL there is a closing reference to robert kilroy silk - it is an error - the original reference was simply to "Kilroy" - it was a joke refereence to a local stockwell toilet watch blog82.3.45.14 (talk) 10:51, 26 March 2010 (UTC) - and a subsequent editor has taken it to have been a refeernce to Kilroy Silk.

gained a certain unexpected and unwelcome notoriety
Not encyclopedic language. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.189.103.145 (talk) 14:20, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Agreed, edited. Dubmill (talk) 13:41, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

excellent transport links
POV and not that true. One underground station and a few buses don't make for excellence. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.189.103.145 (talk) 09:30, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

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Rubbish, this entry.
Eek. This district is just gagging for reorganisation. But let's just get some pix first, probably the most photogenic district in Hackney and it's got nowt...

Tarquin Binary 04:08, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

I don't like to delete, and I am working on a rewrite for N16 where I hoped to clear the decks here entirely, but I can't carry on seeing the stooopid Green wellie thing anymore. Ain't just that it's POV in the first place - the 'Green Wellie Brigade' and 'New Age Hippies' blooming well *hate* each other everywhere in the UK (right or wrong, they tend to be at opposite poles on the *green* spectrum) - and I have never heard anyone, whether they live in N16 or not, use the term 'Stoke Newington green wellie'. So it's gone.

'nough rant. I think it might be OK later to call the place 'Little Islington' (in a limited sense, that is, given the diversity of Islington borough itself), people would understand that...

Hope rewrite will be here soon :)

Tarquin Binary 05:15, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

I endorse the welly deletion, it was annoying me as well. I think I have some more photos too :-) John Eden 10:10, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Cool! I have many more pix too, but I feel that it needs much much more copy, which I am agonising about. Anyway - I don't think my initial pic works as a thumb (200px) - do you know how I do an 250px thumb? Mebbe I just need to crop in and artwork and link to the original.

 * Tarquin Binary 01:14, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

What a strange page ... me I'm a bit dubious about Stokie's claims to contain the largest concentration of listed buildings in Hackney. Central Hackney with St Augustine Tower, St Johns, Town Hall, Old Town Hall, Hackney Empire, Central Hall and Library, etc. etc. and even dear old Homerton with Sutton House, and the 22 grade II listed structures on Sutton Place, Clapton Sq.; further afield, the Geoffry Museum. They all seem to have a greater concentration to mind ... Maybe he counted all the individual graves in Abbney Park cemetary. Still, give 'em credit, they tried, but yes EDIT EDIT EDIT! As ever, good pix Tarquin!
 * Kevin Thompson 17:44, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Some factual errors : surely Sir Thomas Abbney school is in Stamford Hill, if not beyond? Daniel Defoes is buried in Bunhill Fields, and has a later memorial to him erected there. So, why is his 'gravestone in the library'? Kbthompson 23:21, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Hi there, haven't looked in in months
Listed buildings: Well I totted them up all the way to the end of Grade 2, and SN came out top. You may note that I didn't explicitly list all the Grade 2 jobbies, how boring do you want a WP entry to get? The Geffrye is in Shoreditch of course, and Sutton House is in Homerton, Clapton Square is in Clapton (obviously) so none of them can be claimed for Hackney Central, etc etc etc.) But just remove that claim if it bugs you, chucked it in as local colour, I'm deeply fond of all the other districts too.

Yes, of course, Defoe is buried in Bunhill Fields. Duh? Who is claiming otherwise? Don't understand your point here.

Didn't write about Abney's school, that's not my copy. I think that it may be controversial, dunno. But it would be good if someone could add something to the sadly lacking Stamford Hill piece. Go for it.

Tarquin Binary 02:27, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Welcome back, Finn; I didn't make the claim that my 'top of my head' list was exhaustive, but I did divide it up geographically. Found the original claim somewhat surprising, that's all ...
 * Daniel Defoe (writer - born and lived on Church Street. His gravestone can be seen in Stoke Newington Public Library). Maybe not the intention, but it reads like he's in the library ... (on loan, perhaps?)
 * Like most of the Hackney articles, I find it a little geographically challenged - although perhaps not as much as most. There should probably be a distinction made between the old metropolitan boro, and what is stictly Stokie. e.g. I associate the New River and the reservoirs more with the area NW of Stamford Hill - known as New River (ward). Same with the schools list. Maybe it needs a 'Stoke Newington Central' and surrounding areas dealt with separately. (much like Metro boro Hackney got separated up). Post codes are no use, they relate to 1920's post office organisation ...
 * I see what you mean about Stamford Hill ... adding mostly, would be a large step forward. Probably something dealing with diversity amongst local orthodox jews, the history of immigration to the area, the food ... Probably end up in a turf war with upper clapton ...
 * Anyway, I'm glad you're back and hope you find the time to add some of your excellent photos, and text throughout the borough. Sorry if you thought I was being overly critical. Kbthompson 10:17, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

 * Oh, just looked in again. Please feel free to modify the text on Defoe, I didn't write it anyway, don't care that much...

 * 1) The claim is not that the majority of listed buildings are in SN. Please read it, it says the majority of Grade II* (that is a 'star') listed buildings are in SN compared with any other single Hackney district. I have cited the link, if you think it is wrong, why don't you run through the list yourself? I did not tot up mere Grade IIs, it wouldn't surprise me if most were in SN or if they were not.

 * I would note, though, with regard to Grade IIs, these are issued frequently as one or two listings to a whole block. I'm not looking it up now, but it is quite likely that Sutton Place only has one or two listings. Similarly there are whole blocks of houses in SN and the rest of Hackney listed similarly, for example the villas on Paragon Road.

 * 2) *Geographically challenged?* *All districts* of London without official lines on a map are geographically challenged, and I personally would not count council wards, they change or are renamed on a whim. Just to put it simply, I have never ever heard anyone say they lived in 'New River' or were going there. *That* needs to be cited much more than the claim that it is an area of Stoke Newington.

 * If we were to be Wikipedia-consistent and introduce this, then we should really alter *the entire* WP organisation for Hackney (and every other London borough - and every administrative area in Britain come to that) to go from the council level to modern wards. Do you really want that? It is simply best to leave it woolly in some respects (estate agent terminology needs to be resisted, though) and deal with what an area means to people in 2006 (and has meant historically - what is the point of an encyclopedia entry about a place without historical continuity of some sort?). And, quite frankly, since there are traditional areas that need WP stuff doing (like Stamford Hill!) I so think sub-dividing further (Gah. Stoke Newington Central? No one ever says that, no one needs it) is a major mistake.

 * Yes, I agree that postcodes are frequently useless, like N1. Other times they are not, and I'd argue that N16 is one, simply because its our most meaningful definition here. (Don't give a monkey's about the school list, by the way, I think it's a waste of space, but I'm an inclusionist...)

 * Abney stuff - had to go and check, the school was not any further north than the current Abney Park. And you do realise that Abney Park was the site of the original manorial lands of *Stoke Newington*? Lady_Mary_Abney Abney_Park Abney_Park_Cemetery. But in any case, I've never heard anyone claim Abney Park to be in Stamford Hill, ever. Till now.

 * Tarquin Binary 06:04, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm not going to touch anything until I'm sure of my facts, and as you say, in this case I appear to be just as 'geographically challenged'; and there are plenty of other places in Hackney that need explanation and revision. Sir Thomas Abney School, is on Fairholt Rd - at Bethune - a good stretch from what I would call Stokie, but other's mileage may differ. I agree modern boundaries aren't a lot of use, but the reason so many of these things are fuzzy, is that parish and historical boundaries are amended over the years. (look at Upper & Lower Clapton - originally the village of Clopton, and turned into a kind of linear village; cf upper & lower Homerton where the distinction has disappeared). There is a problem when the 'granularity' on the Wiki London pages changes so much - from a couple of streets in central Hackney, to a vast area like the Islington or Stokie pages. Ultimately, I think they should represent neighbourhoods that have some kind of distinct identity (whether historical, or modern). Maybe you're right and it's a vacuous discussion, and I (again) appologise if I appear confrontational, it's not my intention. Kbthompson 09:35, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Clissold Park
The article contains the words "Clissold Park, an extensive swathe of parkland complete with... the original manor house". That would suggest a medieval structure, which I don't think it is. Would "a building on the site of the original manor house" be better? BTLizard 12:06, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

 * I've put in a 'correct' and referenced phrase. Another thing that bothers me, is the list of schools, this is probably better located in an Education in Hackney section on the LBH page (otherwise, it gets duplicated for each location). Kbthompson 12:20, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

 * Yes, I think it should be policy that these schools lists should be on the borough page. Unless the school buldings are of great note, of course... Tarquin Binary 18:44, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

"Confession" of Disbelief in London Location
Don't mean to be nitpicky, but did want to flag this one up. Actually I have no problems believing of Stokie being in London. Perhaps Pevsner did, but it would be helpful to cite a reference. When the article states "...comentators.....have confessed....". Did you have more than one in mind or is this just stylistic? If the former, it might be an idea to share who. If the latter, it may be worthwhile rephrasing. hjuk 08:15, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I think it's just an overly flowery phrase. In Pevsener's time, I think there would have been some justification - with Stokie's, then, positively village feel. I don't feel that about the area any more. Maybe it's just me! Kbthompson 09:33, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Transport

 * Arsenal tube station
 * Highbury & Islington railway station
 * Manor House tube station
 * Canonbury railway station
 * Dalston Kingsland railway station
 * Rectory Road railway station
 * Stoke Newington railway station
 * Drayton Park railway station
 * Stamford Hill railway station
 * Clapton railway station

Are ALL these stations in Stoke Newington? Highbury & Islington?? Lfh 15:08, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

No! These are in N16 postcode:
 * Rectory Road railway station
 * Stoke Newington railway station
 * Stamford Hill railway station

And this is the nearest tube station, I think: John Eden 22:11, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Manor House tube station

another source
I see there has been no love here for years and years....

For intriguing historical figures who at one point lived in Stoke Newington, see The history and antiquities of the parish of Stoke Newington in the county of Middlesex: containing an account of the prebendal manor, the church, charities, schools, meeting houses, &c., with appendices . William Robinson, J.B. Nichols and Son, 1842 - 296 pages. All digitised. BrainyBabe (talk) 15:27, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

'I see there has been no love here for years and years....' And there was not a lot of love then, more like politely constructive sniping! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7D:2E84:9700:ED44:DC55:F788:FAD7 (talk) 09:18, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

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Belmont, Sutton

Belmont is a village in the London Borough of Sutton, in South London, England. It is located off the A217 road and near to Banstead Downs in Surrey. It is a suburban development situated 10.8 miles (17.4 km) south-southwest of Charing Cross.

History
Belmont did not exist until the late 19th century. Belmont railway station opened in May 1865 and was originally called 'California Station', named after the California Arms public house on the opposite side of Brighton Road which was built by John Gibbons in approximately 1858. The station was renamed 'Belmont' in 1875, and the name was attached to the village that emerged subsequently. The original pub was heavily damaged by German bombing in the Second World War. The new building, built on the site in 1955, was known as "The California" later changed to 'The Belmont', but in 2014, under new management, reverted to its original name of 'The California'. St. John's Church (C of E) stands in Queens Road, near the end of the small High Street ("Station Road").

Banstead Hospital and the emergence of Belmont
The village of Belmont strongly owed its development to the presence of Banstead Asylum. Although located in the parish of Banstead, the asylum was much closer to the village and railway station of Belmont than those of Banstead. The site is now occupied by HM Prison High Down.

Belmont Hospital and the South Metropolitan District School
Belmont Hospital was a psychiatric hospital. It closed and was demolished in the 1980s. The site is now occupied by the 'Belmont Heights' housing development, which is situated to the west of Brighton Road, to the north of Belmont village. Belmont Hospital opened after the Second World War. The premises had previously fulfilled a number of different institutional purposes. For example, during World War II it was used as an emergency hospital for military and civilian casualties, including psychiatric cases. The oldest buildings on the site, built in the early 1850s, had originally been a large Poor Law residential 'district' school belonging to the South Metropolitan Schools District. This institution catered for pauper children from several parishes in south-east London. Along with its nearby annex site, built in 1884 in Cotswold Road (formerly Banstead Road), this establishment closed in 1902. The premises at both sites were then acquired by the Metropolitan Asylums Board. Some of the buildings of the Cotswold Road site still exist.

Public institutions

 * The Royal Marsden Hospital is a specialist cancer treatment hospital. It is a foundation trust, and operates facilities on two sites, including one in Belmont, Sutton. The original buildings on the site were first used as the Banstead Road branch of the South Metropolitan District School, which was a 'district' school for children of workhouse inmates in south London. In the 1890s, girls were kept at the Banstead Road site and boys were kept at a site in Brighton Road, which was built in 1851. The Brighton Road site later became Belmont workhouse and Belmont Psychiatric hospital, before being demolished in the 1980s. The Banstead Road site later became a sanatorium, before the southern half of the site was acquired by Royal Marsden in 1962.
 * The Institute of Cancer Research is a public research institute and university located on two London sites and specialised in oncology. It was founded in 1909 as a research department of the Royal Marsden Hospital. It established its Belmont, Sutton campus site in 1956. It joined the University of London in 2003.
 * Sutton Hospital

Green Space

In addition to Belmont Park, Belmont contains two Local Nature Reserves.

 * Cuddington Meadows is a Grade I Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation. The site was shown as two enclosures on the open Banstead Downs on an early nineteenth century map, and it was later part of Walnut Tree Farm, which became Cuddington Hospital in 1897. The hospital closed in 1984, and in the late 1990s the land was transferred to Sutton Council to be managed for nature conservation. It is mainly chalk grassland with some scrub. Its most important feature is a variety of unusual flowering plants, including greater knapweed, lady's bedstraw and field scabious.
 * Belmont Pastures is a Grade II Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation. It is a long narrow triangle north of Belmont railway station. It is an old meadow which formerly belonged to Belmont Hospital.

Just to the south of the village is Banstead Downs, which extends for around a mile further south towards neighbouring Banstead, Surrey. Banstead Downs is a large Site of Special Scientific Interest, covering 430 acres (170 ha). Banstead Golf Course is on the northern slopes.

Economy
Station Road is the main commercial street of Belmont Village, containing a range of mainly independent shops and restaurants. It runs for about a quarter of a mile from Belmont Station in the east to St John's Church in the west. One mile to the north lies the larger economic centre of Sutton.

Nearest places

 * Sutton to the north
 * Cheam to the west
 * Banstead, Surrey to the south
 * Carshalton to the east

Transport
Belmont railway station is on the Sutton to Epsom Downs branchline and the London Victoria to Epsom Downs line. It is part of the Sutton & Mole Valley Line services of the Southern rail operating company, and is in London Travelcard Zone 5. TfL buses also run in this area.

Former residents

 * David Bellamy (1933–2019), botanist, author and academic.
 * Robin Hull (1905-1960), music critic
 * James Hunt (1947–1993), World Formula One motor-racing champion 1976.
 * Lord Judd (1935-2021) former director of Oxfam. As Frank Judd he was MP for constituencies in Portsmouth from 1966 to 1979.
 * Don Lusher (1923–2006), trombonist and jazz band leader
 * Lord Ritchie-Calder (1906–1982), journalist and environment expert
 * Lionel Tertis (1876–1975), viola-player
 * Barry Wordsworth (born in Cheam 1948), orchestral conductor – music director.

Further reading (local history)

 * Belmont: A Century Ago by Roland Sparkes, published December 2009. Paperback. ISBN 978-0-9563424-0-9. . This is first book dedicated to the history of the village. The introductory chapter provides a resume of Belmont's history and development in the Victorian era and the early 20th century.
 * Articles by local historian Roland Sparkes for the Belmont Local History group (established 2009). E.g. Belmont: 1865 – A description of the Belmont area as it existed in 1865, and Dr Carl Warburg, his Belmont laboratory, and his famous fever drug.
 * Sutton Guardian newspaper – heritage page articles and features.
 * Sutton Scene (London Borough of Sutton's official newsletter), Oct/Nov 2009 edition. Feature on Belmont.
 * Two booklets have been produced about the history of Belmont's churches, both now out of print: (i) Splendid the Heritage: the story of Belmont and its Methodist Church (Craig, 1965); and (ii) A Village Church: the story of the first 75 years of St John’s with Belmont Methodists (Reed, 1992).
 * The Brighton road; the classic highway to the south by Harper, Charles George, 1863-1943  Page 159 refers to the position of Belmont on the road between London and Brighton and the 1796 marking of "Little Hell" on the maps.

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Clark County, Missouri

Clark County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, its population was 6,634. Its county seat is Kahoka. The county was organized December 16, 1836, and named for William Clark, leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and later Governor of Missouri Territory.

Clark County is part of the Fort Madison–Keokuk, IA-IL-MO Micropolitan Statistical Area.

History
Missouri folklorist Margot Ford McMillen wrote that early settlers were attracted by Clark County's good and inexpensive agricultural land. One section was called "Bit Nation" because land was sold there for just twelve and one-half cents ("one bit" of a Spanish dollar) an acre.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 512 sqmi, of which 505 sqmi is land and 7.1 sqmi (1.4%) is water.

Adjacent counties

 * Van Buren County, Iowa (north)
 * Lee County, Iowa (northeast)
 * Hancock County, Illinois (east)
 * Lewis County (south)
 * Knox County (southwest)
 * Scotland County (west)

Major highways

 * US 61.svg U.S. Route 61
 * US 136.svg U.S. Route 136
 * MO-27.svg Route 27
 * MO-81.svg Route 81

National protected area

 * Great River National Wildlife Refuge (part)

Demographics
As of the census of 2010, there were 7,139 people, 2,966 households, and 2,079 families residing in the county. The population density was 15 /mi2. There were 3,483 housing units at an average density of 7 /mi2. The racial makeup of the county was 98.83% White, 0.07% Black or African American, 0.20% Native American, 0.07% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.22% from other races, and 0.61% from two or more races. Approximately 0.70% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 2,966 households, out of which 30.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.70% were married couples living together, 7.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.90% were non-families. 26.40% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 25.00% under the age of 18, 7.80% from 18 to 24, 25.50% from 25 to 44, 25.00% from 45 to 64, and 16.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $29,457, and the median income for a family was $36,270. Males had a median income of $27,279 versus $19,917 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,988. About 10.80% of families and 14.10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.70% of those under age 18 and 12.70% of those age 65 or over.

Public schools

 * Clark County R-I School District – Kahoka
 * Running Fox Elementary School (PK-05)
 * Black Hawk Elementary School (K-05)
 * Clark County Middle School (06-08)
 * Clark County High School (09-12)

Private schools

 * Shiloh Christian School – Kahoka (03-12) – Nondenominational Christianity

Public libraries

 * Northeast Missouri Library Service

Cities

 * Alexandria
 * Kahoka (county seat)
 * Revere
 * Wayland
 * Wyaconda

Villages

 * Luray

Census-designated places

 * Medill
 * St. Francisville

Other unincorporated places

 * Acasto
 * Anson
 * Antioch
 * Ashton
 * Athens
 * Chambersburg
 * Clark City
 * Dumas
 * Fairmont
 * Gregory Landing
 * Neeper
 * Peaksville
 * St. Patrick
 * Union
 * Waterloo
 * Winchester

Townships (all inactive)

 * Clay
 * Des Moines
 * Folker
 * Grant
 * Jackson
 * Jefferson
 * Lincoln
 * Madison
 * Sweet Home
 * Union
 * Vernon
 * Washington
 * Wyaconda

Local
The Republican Party controls politics at the local level in Clark County. As of 2018, Republicans hold nine of fourteen of the elected positions in the county.

State
All of Clark County is included in Missouri's 4th District in the Missouri House of Representatives and is represented by Craig Redmon (R-Ewing).

All of Clark County is a part of Missouri's 18th District in the Missouri Senate and is currently represented by Cindy O'Laughlin (R-Shelbina).

Federal
All of Clark 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.

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Talk:Stratford, London

'Capital of East London'
Lived in the area for many years, and still a regular visitor, and I've never once heard the terms ‘capital of East London’ or ‘East London’s Town\City Centre’ uttered. Do we have any evidence of their popularity? Perhaps they are and I'm merely out the loop, but to me they smack of terms transplanted by a marketing organisation or public sector body. Grunners (talk) 10:29, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi Grunners - I added this statement, without logging in I'm afraid, a bad habit of mine. It really is the kind of thing marketers might come up with!

I've heard variants of this a number of times since around 2011\12.

Its been people from elsewhere in London, and also Essex rather than local people. People who have been drawn to use the area when they never would have done before Westfield opened. Its generally but not exclusively been in the context of using the shopping facilities, but the great increase in prestige must have been a factor.

I've been planning to re-organise the article for ages, adding a little here and there. Will probably do this in the next week or two. I'll clarify the statement as best I can, but I'll de-emphasise it too, as it's too sweeping as it is.

Regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by AlasdairDaw (talk • contribs) 18:47, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

I've taken it out now, the spontaneity of the phrase appeals to me, but its hardly mainstream and hardly well established. Perhaps I'll reintroduce it in future if I hear it much more. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AlasdairDaw (talk • contribs) 15:30, 14 October 2016 (UTC)

Recent lead edits about historic counties
user:WOSlinker has asked me here to comment about your edits user:PlatinumClipper96. This was one article mentioned. I might be wrong, but you appear to be unaware of the default county in articles about UK places, which is the ceremonial/lieutenancy county, not the historic county. This makes sense because there needs to be a default county and because the 1997 statute defines the UK in this way. Some of your changes, such as to Stratford, muddy the waters and can be confusing. By consensus, we can mention the HC in the lead, but that is all. We should not make out that it is the primary county in the UK which is what your edits sometimes do. This does not of course mean that HCs are unimportant or not extant entities. The new field in the IBX does not give editors carte blanche to change the established layout of an article's lead section. Roger 8 Roger (talk) 09:43, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

Stratford a town?
Stratford is more of a neighbourhood in London's East End. It isnt even large enough to be considered as a town within the conurbation of the city. The approximity of that area isn't that far from Central London. LDas12345 (talk) 17:59, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

 * Ordnance Survey recognises a place called Stratford New Town. Wire723 (talk) 18:24, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes, it's called "Stratford New Town" as a government ward in Newham. It doesn't fit the fact that Stratford is a town in England though but rather an Inner-city suburb. LDas12345 (talk) 19:13, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
 * "inner-city suburb" looks like a contradiction. But, in any case, we will follow what the sources call it. Stratford is a bit harder to search for because of Stratford-upon-Avon, but I don't think there are any sources just calling it a neighbourhood. London is a city of towns. That is how the sources describe them. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 19:27, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
 * There are no sources mentioning Stratford as a town but as a suburb LDas12345 (talk) 10:25, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
 * This is incorrect. A search of Newspapers.com, for instance, shows it has been referred to as a town since at least the 19th century (at which point it was in Essex). See, e.g., Essex Newsman-Herald 4 Jul 1874, page 2, which repeatedly calls it a town. It had a town hall that opened in 1869, and has a traditional town centre. Newspaper sources and others continue to call it a town. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 11:09, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
 * But it was in the 1800s before Stratford got completely absorbed into the city as an inner-area neighbourhood of London. Plus I don't see any articles or videos that state Stratford as a standalone town but either as a neighbourhood or a suburb of London. Stratford New Town is just a ward name of Newham. LDas12345 (talk) 11:57, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
 * See my answer at Talk:Walthamstow. Sources very strongly favour calling these towns. In the case of Stratford, the unscientific but indicative Google search for "Stratford is a town" +"London" -Wikipedia gives > 12,000 hits. "Stratford is a suburb" gives 7 hits. "Stratford is a neighbourhood" gives 3 hits. But google-fu is merely an indicator. Those aren't sources for an article. Looking at the sources, it is very very clear that Stratford is consistently referred to as a town in primary and secondary sources. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 12:47, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

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Christian County, Missouri

Christian County is located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, its population was 88,842. Its county seat is Ozark. The county was organized in 1859 and is named after Christian County, Kentucky, which in turn is named for William Christian, a Kentucky soldier of the American Revolutionary War.

Christian County is part of the Springfield, MO Metropolitan Statistical Area. Between 2000 and 2010, it was the fastest-growing county in the state and one of the fastest growing ones in the nation as the county became more suburban due to the booming growth in Springfield.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 564 sqmi, of which 563 sqmi is land and 1.2 sqmi (0.2%) is water. The county is drained by James River and branches of the White River. The surface is undulating or hilly.

Adjacent counties

 * Greene County (north)
 * Webster County (northeast)
 * Douglas County (east)
 * Taney County (south)
 * Stone County (southwest)
 * Lawrence County (west)

Major highways

 * [[Image:US 60.svg|x20px]] U.S. Route 60
 * [[Image:US 65.svg|x20px]] U.S. Route 65
 * [[Image:US 160.svg|x20px]] U.S. Route 160
 * [[Image:MO-13.svg|x20px]] Route 13
 * [[Image:MO-14.svg|x20px]] Route 14
 * [[Image:MO-125.svg|x20px]] Route 125

National protected area

 * Mark Twain National Forest (part)

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 54,285 people, 20,425 households, and 15,645 families residing in the county. The population density was 96 PD/sqmi. There were 21,827 housing units at an average density of 39 /mi2. The racial makeup of the county was 97.31% White, 0.27% Black or African American, 0.56% Native American, 0.29% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.42% from other races, and 1.13% from two or more races. Approximately 1.32% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 23.7% were of American, 21.1% German, 12.3% English and 11.3% Irish ancestry.

There were 20,425 households, out of which 38.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.00% were married couples living together, 9.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.40% were non-families. 19.10% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 27.80% under the age of 18, 8.10% from 18 to 24, 31.70% from 25 to 44, 21.80% from 45 to 64, and 10.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $50,200, and the median income for a family was $58,806. Males had a median income of $31,929 versus $21,852 for females. The per capita income for the county was $23,873. About 7.10% of families and 9.10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.20% of those under age 18 and 7.80% of those age 65 or over.

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

On May 20, 2015, Sheriff Joey Kyle plead guilty to embezzling county funds and participating in an illegal fraud scheme. As a part of a plea agreement, he immediately resigned as sheriff, was sentenced to one year plus one day in federal prison, and must repay more than $50,000 in restitution to Christian County.

State
Christian County is divided into three legislative districts in the Missouri House of Representatives, all of which are represented by Republicans.

 * District 138 — Don Phillips (R-Kimberling City). Consists of the communities of Billings and part of Republic.

 * District 139 — Rep. Jered Taylor (R-Nixa). Consists of the communities of Clever, Highlandville, Nixa, and Spokane.

 * District 140 — Rep. Lynn Morris (R-Ozark). Consists of the communities of Fremont Hills, Ozark, Saddlebrook, and Sparta.

All of Christian County is a part of Missouri's 20th District in the Missouri Senate and is currently represented by Eric Burlison (R-Battlefield).

Federal
All of Christian 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
Like most counties situated in Southwest Missouri, Christian County is a Republican stronghold in presidential elections. George W. Bush carried Christian County in 2000 and 2004 by more than two-to-one margins, and like many other rural and exurban counties throughout Missouri, Christian County strongly favored John McCain over Barack Obama in 2008. The only Democratic presidential candidate to win Christian County since the Civil War has been Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1932. In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump was the favored candidate receiving 30,941 votes.

Like most areas throughout the Bible Belt in Southwest Missouri, voters in Christian County traditionally adhere to socially and culturally conservative principles which tend to 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 Christian County with 80.46 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 Christian County with 58.98 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 Christian 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 Christian County with 73.01 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.

Missouri presidential preference primary (2008)
Voters in Christian County from both political parties supported candidates who finished in second place in the state at large and nationally. Former Governor Mike Huckabee (R-Arkansas) received more votes, a total of 5,852, than any candidate from either party in Christian County during the 2008 Missouri Presidential Preference Primary.

Public schools

 * Billings R-IV School District - Billings
 * Billings Elementary School (PK-06)
 * Billings High School (07-12)
 * Chadwick R-I School District - Chadwick
 * Chadwick Elementary School (PK-06)
 * Chadwick High School (07-12)
 * Clever R-V School District - Clever
 * Clever EleMiddle School (PK-08)
 * Clever High School (09-12)
 * Logan-Rogersville R-VIII School District - Rogersville
 * Logan-Rogersville Primary School - (PK-01)
 * Logan-Rogersville Elementary School - (02-03)
 * Logan-Rogersville Upper Elementary School - (04-06)
 * Logan-Rogersville Middle School - (07-08)
 * Logan-Rogersville High School - (09-12)
 * Nixa R-II School District - Nixa
 * Nixa Early Childhood Center (PK)
 * High Pointe Elementary School (K-04)
 * Mathews Elementary School (K-04)
 * Century Elementary School (K-04)
 * Espy Elementary School (K-04)
 * John Thomas School of Discovery (K-06)
 * Nicholas A. Inman Intermediate School (05-06)
 * Summit Intermediate School (05-06)
 * Nixa Jr. High School (07-08)
 * Nixa Public High School (09-12)
 * Ozark R-VI School District - Ozark
 * North Elementary School (K-04)
 * East Elementary School (K-04)
 * West Elementary School (K-04)
 * South Elementary School (K-04)
 * Upper Elementary School (05-06)
 * Ozark Jr. High School (07-08)
 * Ozark High School (09-12)
 * Sparta R-III School District - Sparta
 * Sparta Elementary School (PK-05)
 * Sparta Middle School (06-08)
 * Sparta High School (09-12)
 * Spokane R-VII School District - Spokane
 * Highlandville Elementary School (PK-05) - Highlandville
 * Spokane Middle School (06-08)
 * Spokane High School (09-12)

Private schools

 * Faith Christian School - Spokane - (PK-12) - Baptist

Colleges and universities

 * Ozarks Technical Community College - Richwood Valley Campus - Public

Christian County Library System
Christian County currently has three public library branches that serve the community. The Christian County Library (CCL) operates these branches. The library offers residents books, A/V materials, programming, printing, and WiFi access. There is a branch in Ozark, Nixa, and Clever. In August 2019, the library announced the continuation of their expansion to the public. Construction is set to begin on at least one new library branch by spring 2020.

Tax approval
On Tuesday, August 8, 2017, voters in Christian County approved to instate a 20-cent property tax levy. Sixty-eight percent of the voters approved the tax. Before this tax, the library was only able to operate one branch for the whole county. To accommodate new housing and population growth in the county, CCL announced their intentions to construct and/or open new branches around the county. The tax approval also allowed for a renovation of the original Ozark Branch. CCL expects eighty-five percent of the population in Christian County to be within a five-mile radius of the library after all intended branches are opened.

 * Christian County Library
 * Billings City Library

Public safety

 * Billings Fire Protection District
 * Billings Police Department
 * Chadwick Fire Protection District - Chadwick
 * Christian County Ambulance District
 * Christian County Sheriff's Department
 * Clever Fire Protection District
 * Clever Police Department
 * Highlandville Fire Protection District
 * Highlandville Police Department
 * Nixa Fire Protection District
 * Nixa Police Department
 * Ozark Fire Protection District
 * Ozark Police Department
 * Sparta Fire Protection District
 * Sparta Police Department

Cities

 * Billings
 * Clever
 * Fremont Hills
 * Highlandville
 * Nixa (largest city)
 * Ozark (county seat)
 * Republic (mostly in Greene County)
 * Sparta
 * Springfield (mostly in Greene County)

Village

 * Saddlebrooke (small portion in Taney County)

Census-designated place

 * Spokane

Other unincorporated communities

 * Boaz
 * Bruner
 * Chadwick
 * Chestnutridge
 * Elkhead
 * Garrison
 * Keltner
 * Linden
 * Oldfield

Townships

 * Billings Township
 * Chadwick Township
 * East Benton Township
 * Finley Township
 * Garrison Township
 * Lead Hill Township
 * Lincoln Township
 * Linden Township
 * McCracken Township
 * North Galloway Township
 * North Linn Township
 * Oldfield Township
 * Polk Township
 * Porter Township
 * Seneca Township
 * South Galloway Township
 * South Linn Township
 * Sparta Township
 * West Benton Township

In popular culture
The Christian County chapter of the Bald Knobbers created the distinctive masks that the group has become known for, despite the original Taney County chapter never adopting such masks. This masked depiction is what would eventually be used in the book, The Shepherd of the Hills by Harold Bell Wright. The book would later be adapted to film and the stage. This masked depiction can also be seen on the ride Fire in the Hole located at Silver Dollar City.

Jason Bourne, the main protagonist of the Bourne film franchise was from Nixa, the largest city in Christian County.

The 2010 film Winter's Bone was filmed entirely in Taney County and Christian County. Many locals were cast in significant roles in the film.

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