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Cape Girardeau County, Missouri

Cape Girardeau County is located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Missouri; its eastern border is formed by the Mississippi River. At the 2020 census, the population was 81,710. The county seat is Jackson, the first city in the US to be named in honor of President Andrew Jackson. Officially organized on October 1, 1812, the county is named after Ensign Sieur Jean Baptiste de Girardot, an official of the French colonial years. The "cape" in the county's name is named after a former promontory rock overlooking the Mississippi River; this feature was demolished during railroad construction. Cape Girardeau County is the hub of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson metropolitan area. Its largest city is Cape Girardeau.

History
Cape Girardeau County was organized on October 1, 1812, as one of five original counties in the Missouri Territory after the US made the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. It is named after Ensign Sieur Jean Baptiste de Girardot (also spelled Girardeau or Girardat), a French officer stationed 1704–1720 at Kaskaskia in the Illinois Country of New France. In 1733 he founded a trading post on the Mississippi River, which developed as the present-day city of Cape Girardeau. The "cape" in the county name was a rock promontory overlooking the Mississippi River and Claire's house; the original cape rock was destroyed by railroad construction.

Jackson, Missouri is the county seat. The first Cape Girardeau County Courthouse was constructed in 1818 by John Davis. This courthouse burned in 1870. The present courthouse in Jackson was completed in 1908 and was designed by P.H. Weathers.

The county is the site of one of the oldest cold cases in the state of Missouri. Bonnie Huffman, a 20-year-old schoolteacher, was found murdered in a ditch just outside Delta on July 2, 1954. Her case was never solved.

Cape Girardeau is referenced in Dave Van Ronk's song "Hang Me, Oh Hang Me," which has found a place in the folk canon since its release in 1962. The song was featured prominently in the 2013 film Inside Llewyn Davis. In the second verse, the singer refers to having "been all around Cape Girardeau and parts of Arkansas...poor boy, I've been all around this world."

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 586 sqmi, of which 579 sqmi is land and 7.8 sqmi (1.3%) is water.

The geography of Cape Girardeau County varies greatly. The areas around the towns of Delta and Dutchtown are flood plains, which were cultivated as cotton plantations. Western and northern areas are hilly and forested.

Adjacent counties

 * Perry County (northwest)
 * Union County, Illinois (northeast across the river)
 * Alexander County, Illinois (east across the Mississippi River)
 * Scott County (southeast)
 * Stoddard County (south)
 * Bollinger County (west)

Major highways

 * [[Image:I-55 (MO).svg|20px]] Interstate 55
 * [[Image:US 61.svg|20px]] U.S. Route 61
 * [[Image:MO-25.svg|20px]] Route 25
 * [[Image:MO-34.svg|20px]] Route 34
 * [[Image:MO-72.svg|20px]] Route 72

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 68,693 people, 26,980 households, and 17,941 families residing in the county. The population density was 119 PD/sqmi. There were 29,434 housing units at an average density of 51 /mi2. The racial makeup of the county was 92.13% White, 5.28% Black or African American, 0.36% Native American, 0.75% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.31% from other races, and 1.15% from two or more races. Approximately 0.91% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 26,980 households, out of which 31.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.80% were married couples living together, 9.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.50% were non-families. 27.30% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.96.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 23.40% under the age of 18, 13.40% from 18 to 24, 27.80% from 25 to 44, 21.60% from 45 to 64, and 13.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $45,862, and the median income for a family was $58,037. Males had a median income of $32,371 versus $20,833 for females. The per capita income for the county was $24,303. About 6.70% of families and 11.10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.40% of those under age 18 and 10.10% of those age 65 or over.

Religion
According to the Association of Religion Data Archives County Membership Report (2010), Cape Girardeau County is part of the Bible Belt, with evangelical Protestantism being the most predominant religion. The most predominant denominations among residents in Cape Girardeau County who adhere to a religion are Roman Catholics (19.19%), Assemblies of God (19.13%), and Lutherans (LCMS) (16.58%).

Education
Of adults 25 years of age and older in Cape Girardeau County, 81.1% possess a high school diploma or higher while 24.2% hold a bachelor's degree as their highest educational attainment.

Public schools

 * Delta R-V School District—Delta
 * Delta Elementary School (K–6)
 * Delta High School (7–12)
 * Oak Ridge R-VI School District—Oak Ridge
 * Oak Ridge Elementary School (K–6)
 * Oak Ridge High School (7–12)
 * Nell Holcomb R-IV School District—Egypt Mills
 * Nell Holcomb Elementary School (K–8)
 * Jackson R-II School District—Jackson
 * Gordonville Attendance Center (K–3)—Gordonville
 * Millersville Attendance Center (K–3)—Millersville
 * North Elementary School (K–4)
 * Orchard Drive Elementary School (K–4)
 * South Elementary School (PK–5)
 * West Lane Elementary School (K–4)
 * East Elementary School (PK-4)
 * Jackson Middle School (5-6)
 * Russell Hawkins Jr. High School (7-9)
 * Jackson High School (9–12)
 * Cape Girardeau Public Schools No. 63—Cape Girardeau
 * Alma Schrader Elementary School (K–4)
 * Blanchard Elementary School (K–4)
 * Clippard Elementary School (K–4)
 * Franklin Elementary School (K–4)
 * Jefferson Elementary School (K–4)
 * Cape Central Middle School (5–6)
 * Cape Central Jr. High School (7–8)
 * Cape Central High School (9–12)
 * Cape Girardeau Career & Technology Center (10–12)

Private schools

 * Cape Christian School (K–8)—Cape Girardeau; Assembly of God/Pentecostal
 * St. Mary Cathedral School (K–8)—Cape Girardeau; Roman Catholic
 * St. Vincent De Paul Elementary School (K–8)—Cape Girardeau; Roman Catholic
 * Trinity Lutheran School (PK–8)—Cape Girardeau; Lutheran
 * Immaculate Conception School (PK–8)—Jackson; Roman Catholic
 * St. Paul Lutheran School (PK–8)—Jackson; Lutheran
 * Eagle Ridge Christian School (PK–12)—Cape Girardeau; Non-denominational Christian
 * Notre Dame Regional High School (9–12)—Cape Girardeau; Roman Catholic
 * Saxony Lutheran High School (9–12)—Jackson/Fruitland; Lutheran

Post-secondary education

 * Metro Business College—Cape Girardeau (Permanently Closed)
 * Southeast Missouri State University—Cape Girardeau

Public libraries

 * Cape Girardeau Public Library
 * Jackson Public Library
 * Riverside Regional Library

Cities

 * Cape Girardeau (small part in Scott County)
 * Delta
 * Jackson (county seat)
 * Scott City (mostly in Scott County)

Villages

 * Allenville
 * Dutchtown
 * Gordonville
 * Oak Ridge
 * Old Appleton
 * Pocahontas
 * Whitewater

Unincorporated communities

 * Arbor
 * Arnsberg
 * Bainbridge
 * Blomeyer
 * Burfordville
 * Crump
 * Daisy
 * Dissen
 * Egypt Mills
 * Friedheim
 * Fruitland
 * Gravel Hill
 * Hickory Ridge
 * Hilderbrand
 * Hines Landing
 * Houck
 * Kurreville
 * Leemon
 * Millersville
 * Moccasin Springs
 * Neely's Landing
 * New Wells
 * Oriole
 * Randles
 * Rum Branch
 * Shawneetown
 * Tilsit

Notable people

 * Jacob M. Appel, novelist
 * William F. Barnes, former head football coach for UCLA
 * Leon Brinkopf, former professional baseball player
 * Joseph Cable, a Medal of Honor recipient during the American Indian Wars
 * Shirley Crites, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
 * Dale Dye, Actor and retired U.S. Marine
 * A.J. Ellis, former Major League Baseball catcher
 * John Thomson Faris, clergyman
 * Gary Friedrich, writer of the comic book Ghost Rider
 * Linda M. Godwin, NASA astronaut and scientist
 * Chic Hecht, U.S. Senator from Nevada (1983-1989) and Ambassador to the Bahamas (1989-1993)
 * Edwin C. Horrell, American football player and coach
 * Andrew Conway Ivy, President of the American Physiological Society (1939–1941)
 * Terry Jones, fundamentalist pastor of Dove World Outreach Center
 * Peter Kinder, 46th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri (2005–2017)
 * Richard Kinder, businessman and co-founder and executive chairman of Kinder Morgan, Inc.
 * The Limbaugh family, including political commentators, brothers David and Rush Limbaugh
 * Mark Littell, Former professional baseball pitcher
 * Fred Henry McGuire, Medal of Honor recipient for his role in the Philippine–American War
 * Marie Elizabeth Watkins Oliver, "the Betsy Ross of Missouri," designer and creator of the Missouri State Flag
 * Stephanie O'Sullivan, Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence
 * Susan Beth Scott, 2008 and 2012 U.S. Paralympic Medalist Swimmer
 * John Locke Scripps, journalist and biographer
 * Tony Spinner, guitarist and singer
 * Jess Stacy, jazz pianist
 * William S. Stone, former Superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy
 * Billy Swan, singer of #1 hit song "I Can Help" in 1974
 * Terry Teachout, writer
 * Roy Thomas, comic book writer (Marvel and DC Comics) and editor (Marvel), screenwriter
 * Louis C. Wagner, Jr., United States Army four-star general
 * Robert Henry Whitelaw, U.S. Congressman from Missouri (1890-1891)

Local
Since the late 20th century voters at the local level have switched from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party, which is now predominant in Cape Girardeau County. Republicans hold all of the elected positions in the county.

State
In the Missouri House of Representatives, Cape Girardeau County is divided into two legislative districts, both of which are represented by Republicans.

 * District 146 – Consists of most of the entire county outside of the city of Cape Girardeau, although a small portion of the northern edge of the city is included in this district. The district also takes in all of the city of Jackson as well as the communities of Pocahontas, Oak Ridge, Old Appleton, Gordonville, Dutchtown, Delta, Allenville, and Whitewater. It is currently represented by Barry Hovis (R-Whitewater).

 * District 147 – Consists of most of the city of Cape Girardeau and a small sliver of the mostly rural stretch of Highway 74 to Dutchtown. The seat is currently vacant after Wallingford resigned in January 2022.

In the Missouri Senate, all of Cape Girardeau County is a part of Missouri's 27h District and is currently represented by Holly Thompson Rehder (R-Sikeston.

Federal
All of Cape Girardeau County is included in Missouri's 8th Congressional District and is currently represented by Jason Smith (R-Salem) in the U.S. House of Representatives. Smith was elected to a fifth term in 2020 over Democratic challenger Kathy Ellis.

Cape Girardeau 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
Cape Girardeau County is something of an outlier in southern Missouri. Unusually for a rural Southern county (straddling the Mississippi embayment), it has generally voted Republican since the Civil War, this was due to Unionist sentiment in the county. In contrast, much of southern Missouri was solidly Democratic for much of the 20th century before swinging heavily Republican at the turn of the millennium.

After voting for Lincoln in 1864 and Grant in 1868, Cape Girardeau County voted Democratic four times in a row. Since 1888, it has voted Democratic only in Franklin Roosevelt's and Lyndon Johnson's 40-state landslides of 1932, 1936, and 1964; in the three-way race in 1912 (when it gave Woodrow Wilson a plurality); and for Missouri native Harry Truman in 1948. Unlike most demographically similar counties, it rejected Jimmy Carter in 1976; Carter is the last Democrat to manage even 40 percent of the county's vote.

Like most areas throughout rural Missouri, voters in Cape Girardeau County generally adhere to socially and culturally conservative principles which have influenced their shift to Republicans. In 2004, Missourians voted on a constitutional amendment to define marriage as the union between a man and a woman—it overwhelmingly passed Cape Girardeau County with 83.19 percent of the vote. The initiative passed the state with 71 percent of support, as Missouri became the first state to ban same-sex marriage. In 2006, Cape Girardeau County voted against a state constitutional amendment to fund and legalize embryonic stem cell research, with 63.12 percent opposed. The initiative narrowly passed the state with 51 percent of support, and Missouri became one of the first states to approve such research. Cape Girardeau County's voters have supported such populist causes as increasing the minimum wage. In 2006, Cape Girardeau County voted to increase the minimum wage to $6.50 an hour with 60.04 percent of the vote. The proposition strongly passed every county in Missouri, with 75.94 percent voting in favor. (During the same election, voters in five other states also strongly approved increases in the minimum wage.)

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 Cape Girardeau 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 Cape Girardeau 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 Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) carried a plurality of the vote in Cape Girardeau County. Trump went on to win the nomination and the presidency.

On the Democratic side, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D-New York) narrowly won statewide, but Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) carried a majority of the vote in Cape Girardeau County.

2012
The 2012 Missouri Republican Presidential Primary's results were nonbinding on the state's national convention delegates. Voters in Cape Girardeau 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. However, former Governor Mitt Romney (R-Massachusetts) won a plurality in Cape Girardeau County.

Then-Senator Hillary Clinton (D-New York) received more votes than any candidate from either party in Cape Girardeau 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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Talk:Sydenham, London

Savacentre
Savacentre (For that, dear Wikipedians, is what it is and forever will be known as) - the largest Sainsburys in the UK? Are you sure? Anecdotally the Wimbledon (Colliers Wood) one is bigger... 79.69.130.13 (talk) 22:26, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
 * You beat me to the punch! I'm fairly sure Becktons Savacentre/"really big Sainsbury's" is bigger than ours as well.

In any case, its unreferenced, so ought to be removed. Any objections? Doctorbob (talk) 21:07, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Copyvio
This page has just been reverted (which I have reversed) for a copyvio without explanation. Perhaps the offending parts could be pointed out so that a proper rewrite/removal can happen without destroying quite a bit of good article. --Regan123 00:33, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

 * The history section was copied from http://www.sydenham.org.uk/ and http://www.sydenham.org.uk/history.html, and the owner of the website complained (OTRS ticket #2007012710001442). Wikipedia's policy for dealing with copyvios is to revert to the last pre-copyvio version, or to delete the page if there is no version that is not a copyvio. --Carnildo 01:47, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

I am the author of the original work. I am sorry Wikipedia has chosen to remove the version that appeared here. As part of my commitment to the community it is free for use by non-commercial organisations such as Wikipedia (see terms of use on our website). However Wikipedia granted it a GNU licence and will not publish without one. This breaks the original copyright/attribution conditions. I feed my family by selling my work to commercial organisations so I hope you will understand. Especially as the reason I found this was because of commercial exploitation of this work by others. Hopefully one day that Wikipedia may revise its policy so I can contribute directly myself. Best wishes - Stuart - PS Regan I would be delighted to discuss this further in our Forum.

Bob Monkhouse
This entry claims Bob Monkhouse was "born and bred in Mayow Road". This contradicts the Wikipedia entry for Bob Monkhouse which says he was born in Beckenham. There has been a discussion which favours the Beckenham claim on the basis that it is given in the Dictionary of National Biography. The discussion is here: http://sydenham.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2039

Also you may wish to add an entry for http://sydenham.tv (note I am the author).

Brainsys (talk) 22:35, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Bill Wyman
Penge claims Bill Wyman (and backs the claim with a reference). Bebofpenge (talk) 10:27, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

I believe the Sydenham reference is taken from his auto-biography. - Wyman, Bill (1990). Stone Alone. Viking. p. 41. ISBN 0-670-82894-7. User:jm6852 —Preceding undated comment added 12:21, 7 May 2009 (UTC).

Sydenham is the main area of Sydenham which the Sydenham Road or Sydenham High Street by locals and is the main shopping area.
This does not make sense. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.140.57.113 (talk) 09:57, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

Disambiguation required
Several places, all important in their own right, share a name with this Sydenham. As such, Sydenham (disambiguation) should be moved here, and this article moved elsewhere. -  ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ  τ ¢  17:02, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
 * This Sydenham is the primary topic, receiving far more traffic than the disambiguation page, or any other Sydenham. Bretonbanquet (talk) 18:41, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
 * No, this Sydenham is a community/electoral ward of a larger city. It belongs at Sydenham, London, or at Sydenham (electoral ward). There is no primary topic except for Britain, and all of these discussions stink of nationalism. -  ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ  τ ¢  19:42, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't think you can make any accusations of nationalism when all your discussions start on pages with names shared by towns in your area. Bretonbanquet (talk) 22:00, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
 * This Sydenham was the first and biggest is Sydenham in the world to be named after Thomas Sydenham, additionally all other Sydenham's were named after it, to therefore it is slightly more important than any other. If we move this article should we move London to London, England? or Croydon to Croydon, London? just because there are other places in the world with the same name? Also to call anything nationalism on this page is garbage.Likelife (talk) 16:27, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Strong oppose for all and any  of the oppose comments above. I am further suggesting, due to evidence and comments elsewhere, that  this sudden proposal  that  concerns several major UK cities among  which  are featured articles, has been made for reasons that  do  not  concern the neutrality  of our encyclopdia. --Kudpung (talk) 23:09, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Additionally, this discussion is premature due an ongoing  policy  discussion on  policy that  has not  yet been resolved. --Kudpung (talk) 00:23, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
 * They can be initiated independently. -  ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ  τ ¢  00:48, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Of course. One can also wonder why, and why in sudden batches. The comments and/or possibly  misplaced nationalistic assumptions by  some users on other talk  pages  have been noticed.--Kudpung (talk) 02:38, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Look, I'm quite supportive of having disambig pages in some cases (Newport for a start), but this isn't one of them. This really is the primary topic whichever way you look at it. Page views, population and history all seem to be on the side of keeping this one right where it is. The indiscriminate nature of the entries on Sydenham (disambiguation) is another good reason not to make it the main page. Railway stations and schools in towns with the name, a college, a hospital, a non-notable suburb of Leamington Spa and places like Sydenham, Gauteng or Sydenham, Oxfordshire just don't cut it. With page views like this - less than 10% of this page's total I just can't see a case for this page not being the primary topic. Alzarian16 (talk) 22:11, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I can agree with this neutral and level-headed reply. It is true that I overstepped by trying to move Sydenham. The fact remains that it's the exact same users opposing for the exact same reasoning at every single move requested, including ones where there just is not a primary topic (Plymouth being the biggest example). There is no solid reasoning behind most of these opposes, just a natural knee-jerk reaction to a perceived attack against Britain or British places (the fact is that no other countries have examples of primary topics that are debatable). -  ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ  τ ¢  19:14, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

 * Oppose This is frivolous time-wasting to make a point. No case for moving has been presented. GyroMagician (talk) 08:08, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose As per the discussions at Talk:Plymouth, Talk:Peterborough, Talk:Cornwall, Talk:Cambridge, Talk:York (amongst others) and village pump which Floydian also created. Creating such proposals is a misuse of the process, bringing more heat than light and counts as apparent lobbying. Fæ (talk) 10:56, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose per discussions elsewhere. Alzarian16 nailed it. -- Ohconfucius ¡digame! 06:09, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose there should be a policy against this sort of mass-move operations. --Joshua Issac (talk) 16:43, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
 * There is Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point (guideline) which is directly referenced in Five pillars point 4 (principles) and consequently falls under Civility (policy). Fæ (talk) 16:54, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
 * There's also WP:IDIDNTHEARTHAT for those that choose to be ignorant despite multiple people telling them multiple times that this is neither a disruption nor a pointy campaign. It's an attempt to balance what some believe is an imbalance. There is also WP:AGF to instruct others not to assume that there is bad intent in users actions. If anything, the constant complaining into the motive of these discussions, rather than the discussion itself, is disrupting and pointy. Thanks,  ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ  τ ¢  19:09, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Who are the "some" that you refer to? Obviously they are not representing a consensus here. I do not believe that anyone has explained why this is not a campaign or pointy. Fæ (talk) 19:30, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm not refering to a "some". The "multiple" I am refering to are spread across the various other discussions where you've repeated this assertion again and again. I do not need to, nor will I, bother to explain why this isn't pointy. It's a choice, maybe one where I picked an option too many, but I stand by that choice. You can assume good faith or you can go take it to ANI. -  ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ  τ ¢  19:43, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Please re-read this thread, you appear to be mistaken. I have clarified Joshua Issac's point as to which policy would be relevant. I made my opinion once, not "again and again". I want to make this completely clear, I have never made assumptions as to your motives and in fact have corrected other editors in other discussions when they made such assumptions about your move requests. I cannot express my opinion on a different article and then expect it to somehow apply to all the other move discussions you have raised, perhaps you know a way of doing such a thing? Thanks, Fæ (talk) 20:08, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Sydenham, London please
Sydenham in London is roughly the same population as Sydenham, Victoria and Sydenham, New South Wales and hence it makes NO SENSE WHATSOEVER to have Sydenham as an article about 1 and the other 2, of roughly equal population and importance, having to have sub articles. The disambig article should be moved here and this should be a separate article at Sydenham, London.

The Victoria Sydenham is important as it is also the name of a train line and is host to the Watergardens shopping centre, and the New South Wales one has similar importance.

The only reason that this London one gets more traffic is people who want to look at one of the two Australian articles yet are forced here for some unfounded reason. All 3 articles are of EQUAL IMPORTANCE and should be treated as such. Please move. 203.4.164.1 (talk) 03:22, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

The Future
This consists only of a link to http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/inmyarea/regeneration/sydenham/Pages/Sydenham-high-street-regeneration.aspx, which is now a dead link. Wouldn't it be better to remove this section, at least until more content is available on future plans, rather than relying solely on an external link?

Sydenham, London?
I think I've had a change of heart with the name here... Even though its the largest and oldest Sydenham, I think Sydenham, London maybe sensible. Likelife (talk) 08:37, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Sydenham (disambiguation) which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 18:47, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

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Camden County, Missouri

Camden County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 42,745. Its county seat is Camdenton. The county was organized on January 29, 1841, as Kinderhook County and renamed Camden County in 1843 after Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom and leader of the British Whig Party. Camden County is also the primary setting of the Netflix show Ozark.

Settlement and founding
There is no preserved record of the area that is now Camden County being inhabited before 1827, when Kentuckian settlers Harrison Davis and Reuben Berry pitched a camp on the Dry Auglaize Creek, eight miles east of what is now Linn Creek. Throughout the next few years, more settlers came into the area, and by 1831, there were thirteen families living near the Dry Auglaize. Records of settling the Wet Auglaize Creek date back to the beginning of 1832. The first school in Camden County was built on a farm in 1833.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 709 sqmi, of which 656 sqmi is land and 53 sqmi (7.4%) is water.

Adjacent counties

 * Morgan County (north)
 * Miller County (northeast)
 * Pulaski County (east)
 * Laclede County (southeast)
 * Dallas County (southwest)
 * Hickory County (west)
 * Benton County (northwest)

Major highways

 * [[Image:US 54.svg|20px]] U.S. Route 54
 * [[Image:MO-5.svg|20px]] Route 5
 * [[Image:MO-7.svg|20px]] Route 7

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 37,051 people, 15,779 households, and 11,297 families residing in the county. The population density was 57 /mi2. There were 33,470 housing units at an average density of 51 /mi2. The racial makeup of the county was 97.68% White, 0.26% Black or African American, 0.49% Native American, 0.29% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.22% from other races, and 1.03% from two or more races. Approximately 0.93% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 15,779 households, out of which 23.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.80% were married couples living together, 6.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.40% were non-families. 23.30% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.68.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 20.30% under the age of 18, 6.10% from 18 to 24, 23.30% from 25 to 44, 31.40% from 45 to 64, and 19.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 100.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $35,840, and the median income for a family was $40,695. Males had a median income of $28,020 versus $20,825 for females. The per capita income for the county was $20,197. About 8.00% of families and 11.40% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.00% of those under age 18 and 7.70% of those age 65 or over.

Religion
According to the Association of Religion Data Archives County Membership Report (2010), Camden County is part of the Bible Belt, with evangelical Protestantism being the most predominant religion. The most predominant denominations among residents in Camden County who adhere to a religion are Southern Baptists (33.09%), nondenominational evangelical groups (13.92%), and Roman Catholics (11.44%).

Public schools

 * Camdenton R-III School District – Camdenton
 * Dogwood Elementary School (PK-02)
 * Hawthorn Elementary School (03-04)
 * Osage Beach Elementary School (PK-04)
 * Hurricane Deck Elementary School (PK-04)
 * Oak Ridge Intermediate School (05-06)
 * Camdenton Middle School (07-08)
 * Camdenton High School (09-12)
 * Climax Springs R-IV School District – Climax Springs
 * Climax Springs Elementary School (K-06)
 * Climax Springs High School (07-12)
 * Macks Creek R-V School District – Macks Creek
 * Macks Creek Elementary School (PK-06)
 * Macks Creek High School (07-12)
 * Stoutland R-II School District – Stoutland
 * Stoutland Elementary School (PK-06)
 * Stoutland High School (07-12)

Private schools

 * Lake Christian Academy - Sunrise Beach (PK-12) - Nondenominational Christian

Public libraries

 * Camden County Library District

Cities

 * Camdenton (county seat)
 * Lake Ozark (mostly in Miller County)
 * Linn Creek
 * Osage Beach (largest city, also in Miller County)
 * Richland (mostly in Pulaski County and a small part in Laclede County)

Villages

 * Friedenswald
 * Stoutland
 * Sunrise Beach
 * Village of Four Seasons

Census-designated places

 * Climax Springs
 * Macks Creek
 * Montreal

Other unincorporated places

 * Bannister
 * Barnumton
 * Branch
 * Damsel
 * Decaturville
 * Green Bay Terrace
 * Hugo
 * Hurricane Deck
 * Neongwah
 * Passover
 * Purvis
 * Roach
 * Sagrada
 * Toronto
 * Wet Glaize

Notable people

 * Joseph W. McClurg, Governor of Missouri (1869-1871) and U.S. Representative from Missouri (1863-1868)

Local
The Republican Party predominantly controls politics at the local level in Camden County.

State
Camden County is split between two legislative districts that elect members of the Missouri House of Representatives, both of which are represented by Republicans.

 * District 123 — Suzie Pollock (R-Lebanon). Consists of the southern half of the county, including the communities of Camdenton, Linn Creek, Macks Creek, and Stoutland.

 * District 124 — Lisa Thomas (R-Lake Ozark). Consists of the northern half of the county, including the communities of Climax Springs, Lake Ozark, Osage Beach, Sunrise Beach, and Village of Four Seasons.

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

Federal
Most of Camden County is included in Missouri's 3rd Congressional District and is currently represented by Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-St. Elizabeth) in the U.S. House of Representatives. Luetkemeyer was elected to a seventh term in 2020 over Democratic challenger Megan Rezabek.

Part of Camden 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. Hartzler was elected to a sixth term in 2020 over Democratic challenger Lindsey Simmons.

Camden 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
Camden County has long been a Republican stronghold. The last Democrat to carry the county was Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932, the only time a Democrat has won the county since Stephen Douglas in 1860. Underlining how Republican the county is, it rejected native son Harry Truman in 1944 when he was Roosevelt's running mate, and when he headed the ticket himself in 1948. Jimmy Carter is the only Democrat since Roosevelt to manage even 40 percent of the county's vote.

Like most rural areas in western Missouri, voters in Camden County generally adhere to socially and culturally conservative principles which tend to influence their Republican leanings.

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 Camden 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 Camden 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 Camden County. He went on to win the presidency.

On the Democratic side, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D-New York) narrowly won statewide, but Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) carried Camden 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 Camden 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 Camden 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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Callaway County, Missouri

Callaway County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 United States Census, the county's population was 44,283. Its county seat is Fulton. With a border formed by the Missouri River, the county was organized November 25, 1820, and named for Captain James Callaway, grandson of Daniel Boone. The county has been historically referred to as "The Kingdom of Callaway" after an incident in which some residents confronted Union troops during the U.S. Civil War.

Callaway County is part of the Jefferson City, Missouri, Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Vineyards and wineries were first established in the area by German immigrants in the mid-19th century. Among the first mentioned in county histories are those around the southeastern Callaway settlement of Heilburn, a community neighboring Portland, on the Missouri River. Since the 1960s, there has been a revival of winemaking there and throughout Missouri.

The Callaway Nuclear Generating Station is located in Callaway County, near Fulton.

History
This area was historically occupied by the Osage and other Native American peoples, some of whom migrated from east of the Ohio River Valley. Others emerged as cultures in this area, following thousands of years of settlement by indigenous peoples.

The early European-American settlement of Callaway County was largely by migrants from the Upper South states of Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee, with an influx of German immigrants starting in the 1830s, as was the case with other counties along the Missouri River. Some of them brought black slaves and enslavement practices with them, and quickly started cultivating hemp and tobacco, the same crops as were grown in Middle Tennessee and Kentucky. Given their culture and traditions, this area became known as Little Dixie. By 1860, enslaved people made up at least 25 percent of the county's population, higher than in most parts of the state.

On October 27, 1860, a woman known as "Slave Teney" was lynched by whites near Fulton after she confessed to killing the daughter of her owner. Some pioneer families from Callaway and Lewis County, Missouri, moved to the West and became influential early settlers of the nascent state of California. Callaway families helped settle areas of California near the Oregon border, as they entered the state via the Oregon Trail, then southward toward San Francisco. Lewis County relatives helped build Sacramento and develop viticulture in the California Central Valley and areas north of San Francisco Bay. Some of these Missouri families, later key U.S./Unionist advocates and military personnel during the U.S. Civil War, held early local and statewide political offices in California.

The minutes of the U.S. Congressional hearing on the legitimacy of U.S. Civil-war-era elections in Callaway County include reports of substantial election meddling and voter harassment and intimidation, summarized in the 1867-68 Reports of Committees of the House of Representatives. It described the Confederate support in the county, citing prominent citizens, but the report also demonstrated that there was substantial county support for Union/U.S. government among citizens who were often intimidated into silence. Historians therefore cannot ascertain exact percentages of Union or Confederate sympathies in the county.

The Battle of Moore's Mill was the only significant Civil War battle that took place in Callaway County. One historian said it was known as "Kingdom of Callaway". A truce with U.S./Union forces during the war effectively allowed Confederate advocates to continue to operate under surveillance, in proximity to the Missouri government offices in Jefferson City. There may have been more than twice as many Confederate as U.S./Union troops in Callaway. A so-called "Confederate government of Missouri" set up offices in southwest Missouri near the Arkansas border, while a line almost straight south along the Arkansas-Oklahoma border connected it to a known Texas-affiliate (and possibly controlling) office set up across from the southwest corner of Arkansas in Marshall, Texas.

According to "A Short History of Callaway County" by Ovid Bell, the publisher of the (county seat) Fulton Daily Sun Gazette, "Fulton was occupied during the greater part of the war by Union soldiers and militia, and Southern (i.e. Confederate) sympathizers were in constant fear of imprisonment and death." U.S. forces loyal to the Union were raised by Captains William T Snell, Henry Thomas, and JJP Johnson. They were reinforced by troops under General John B. Henderson from the town of Louisiana in Pike County, Missouri.

After the late-1860s Reconstruction era, an element of white residents in the state and county worked to restore white supremacy. Violence against Black people reached a peak around the turn of the 20th century, when whites lynched a total of four African Americans in the county. The victims included Ham Peterson in May 1884, killed because his brother spoke disrespectfully to whites; an unnamed African-American man killed by a mob in October 1884, after being accused of raping a young girl; and Emmett Divens, lynched August 15, 1895.

Other settlers in the Missouri River valley included German immigrants from the mid-19th century following the Revolutions of 1848 in the German states; they established a strong wine industry in the area and built towns with German-influenced architecture, concentrated substantially in counties south of Callaway and across the Missouri River, celebrated annually in the Maifest events in the Gasconade county seat, Hermann. Missouri was the second-largest wine-producing state nationally until Prohibition. Since the 1960s, numerous vineyards and wineries have been established again in the river valley, including Summit Lake Winery in Holts Summit. One definition of the Missouri Rhineland can be found in a Chicago Tribune article of September 2018.

Callaway has remained largely agricultural, economically, with its rich farmlands, yet borders Missouri's capital city and Lincoln University (Missouri) in Cole County, to the south, and the main University of Missouri campus in Columbia, 40 miles or less from the most populous areas of the county. Callaway County has for years hosted William Woods University and Westminster College in the county seat, Fulton, while Osage county, to the south, hosts the State Technical College of Missouri in Linn.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 847 sqmi, of which 835 sqmi is land and 13 sqmi (1.5%) is water.

The northern part of the county is relatively flat and devoid of large tracts of forests. The southern border of the county is the Missouri River, and the area is heavily forested over large hills and valleys. Cedar Creek makes up the bulk of the county's western border. Jefferson City lies across the Missouri River from the southwestern corner of the county.

Adjacent counties

 * Audrain County (north)
 * Montgomery County (east)
 * Osage County (south)
 * Cole County (southwest)
 * Boone County (west)
 * Gasconade County (southeast)

Major highways

 * [[Image:I-70 (MO).svg|20px]] Interstate 70
 * [[Image:US 40.svg|20px]] U.S. Route 40
 * [[Image:US 54.svg|20px]] U.S. Route 54
 * [[Image:US 63.svg|20px]] U.S. Route 63
 * [[Image:MO-94.svg|20px]] Route 94

National protected areas

 * Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge (part)
 * Mark Twain National Forest (part)

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 40,766 people, 14,416 households, and 10,336 families residing in the county. The population density was 49 PD/sqmi. There were 16,167 housing units at an average density of 19 /mi2. The racial makeup of the county was self-identified as 91.79% White, 5.66% Black or African American, 0.52% Native American, 0.52% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.30% from other races, and 1.21% from two or more races. Approximately 0.92% of the population identified as Hispanic or Latino of any race. 29.9% identified as of German ancestry, 22.0% as American, 9.1% as Irish (including Scots-Irish) and 9.1% as English ancestry.

There were 14,416 households, out of which 35.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.10% were married couples living together, 10.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.30% were non-families. 23.00% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 25.40% under the age of 18, 11.10% from 18 to 24, 31.00% from 25 to 44, 21.50% from 45 to 64, and 11.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 107.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 108.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $39,110, and the median income for a family was $44,474. Males had a median income of $29,574 versus $22,317 for females. The per capita income for the county was $17,005. About 6.00% of families and 8.50% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.30% of those under age 18 and 8.30% of those age 65 or over.

Religion
According to the Association of Religion Data Archives County Membership Report (2010), Callaway County is sometimes regarded as being on the northern edge of the Bible Belt, with evangelical Protestantism being the most predominant religion. The most predominant denominations among residents in Callaway County who adhere to a religion are Southern Baptists (41.60%), Roman Catholics (14.00%), and United Methodists (9.41%).

Education
School districts include:
 * Community R-VI School District
 * Fulton 58 School District
 * Jefferson City Public Schools
 * Mexico 59 School District
 * Montgomery County R-II School District
 * New Bloomfield R-III School District
 * North Callaway County R-I School District
 * South Callaway County R-II School District
 * Wellsville-Middletown R-I School District

Public schools

 * Fulton School District No. 58 – Fulton - See article for the school list
 * New Bloomfield R-III School District – New Bloomfield
 * New Bloomfield Elementary School (PK-06)
 * New Bloomfield High School (07-12)
 * North Callaway County R-I School District – Kingdom City
 * Hatton-McCredie Elementary School (K-05)
 * Williamsburg Elementary School (K-05)
 * North Callaway Middle School (6-08) – Auxvasse
 * North Callaway County High School (09-12)
 * South Callaway County R-II School District – Mokane
 * South Callaway County Early Childhood Education Center (PK-02)
 * South Callaway County Elementary School (03-05)
 * South Callaway County Middle School (06-08)
 * South Callaway County High School (09-12)

Missouri School for the Deaf, a state-operated school, is in Missouri, within the county.

Private schools

 * St. Peter Catholic School – Fulton (K-08) – Roman Catholic
 * Kingdom Christian Academy – Fulton (PK-08) – Nondenominational Christian
 * New Bloomfield Community Christian School – New Bloomfield (PK-06) – Nondenominational Christian

Post-secondary

 * Westminster College - Fulton - A private, four-year Presbyterian university.
 * William Woods University - Fulton - A private, four-year university.

Public libraries

 * Callaway County Public Library

Cities

 * Auxvasse
 * Fulton (county seat)
 * Holts Summit
 * Jefferson City (mostly in Cole County)
 * Mokane
 * New Bloomfield

Villages

 * Kingdom City
 * Lake Mykee Town

Unincorporated communities

 * Bachelor
 * Boydsville
 * Callaway
 * Calwood
 * Carrington
 * Cedar City
 * Concord
 * Dixie
 * Earl
 * Guthrie
 * Hams Prairie
 * Hatton
 * Hereford
 * Millersburg
 * Portland
 * Readsville
 * Reform
 * Shamrock
 * Steedman
 * Stephens
 * Tebbetts
 * Toledo
 * Wainwright
 * Williamsburg
 * Youngers
 * Yucatan

Townships over time
Administrative Townships in Callaway County were created February 12, 1821, when there only two. Cote Sans Dessein Township generally included areas west of a line along the Auxvasse River (now called Auxvasse Creek) until it met about 91W45 longitude, where the boundary then continued straight north. Auxvasse Township (which never included the city of Auxvasse) included all areas east of that line, but that changed within about 3 months. On May 14, 1821, a new larger-than-today Round Prairie Township originally covered NW Callaway County, and the next day an Elizabeth (later renamed Fulton) Township was created in the center of the county, along with a later-subdivided Nine Mile Prairie Township that included NE Callaway County. More changes took place only a few years afterward with the creation of a larger-than-today Cedar Township November 13, 1824, that initially covered the SW corner of the county; then a new Bourbon Township (from northern Round Prairie) was created February 21, 1825; a later-subdivided Liberty Township February 24, 1838, and Jackson Township December 25, 1875, in north county; Calwood Township February 23, 1876; Caldwell Township June 5, 1883. These were followed between 1883 and 1897 by the creation of St. Aubert, Summit, and Guthrie townships in SW Callaway; and McCredie and Shamrock townships in northern Callaway. In the 2000s, West Fulton split from Fulton Township (later renamed East Fulton). More details on the boundaries, included cities and towns, and impact on previous boundaries are included in the articles below:

 * Auxvasse
 * Bourbon
 * Caldwell
 * Calwood
 * Cedar
 * Cleveland
 * Cote Sans Dessein
 * East Fulton
 * Guthrie
 * Jackson
 * Liberty
 * McCredie
 * Nine Mile Prairie
 * Round Prairie
 * St. Aubert
 * Shamrock
 * Summit
 * West Fulton

Notable people

 * William F. Baker, structural engineer for the Burj Khalifa
 * Morris Frederick Bell, architect
 * Henry Bellamann, poet and author of Kings Row
 * Nick Cave, fabric sculptor, dancer, and performance artist
 * Ike Clanton old west outlaw who fought the Earp Family in Tombstone, AZ
 * John Ferrugia, journalist
 * Tony Galbreath, running back in the NFL
 * William Lincoln Garver, architect, author, and socialist politician
 * Charlie James, Major League Baseball outfielder
 * John Jameson, U.S. Representative from Missouri (1839-1841, 1843–1845, 1847–1849)
 * Michael Kim, ESPN anchor and personality
 * Bake McBride, Major League Baseball outfielder
 * Ron McBride, running back in the National Football League
 * Laura Redden Searing, also known as Howard Glyndon, deaf poet and writer
 * Justin Smith, former NFL player
 * Helen Stephens, 1936 Olympic Champion (The Fulton Flash)

Local
The Republican Party completely controls politics at the local level in Callaway County, holding every elected position in the county.

State
Callaway County is split between two legislative districts in the Missouri House of Representatives, both of which are held by Republicans.

 * District 43 — Kent Haden (R-Mexico). Consists of the communities of Auxvasse, Portland, Steedman, and Williamsburg.

 * District 49 — Travis Fitzwater (R-Holts Summit). Consists of the communities of Fulton, Holts Summit, Kingdom City, Lake Mykee Town, Mokane, New Bloomfield, and Tebbetts.

All of Callaway County is a part of Missouri's 10th District in the Missouri Senate and is currently represented by Jeanie Riddle (R-Mokane).

Federal
All of Callaway County is included in Missouri's 3rd Congressional District and is currently represented by Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-St. Elizabeth) in the U.S. House of Representatives. Luetkemeyer was elected to a seventh term in 2020 over Democratic challenger Megan Rezabek.

Callaway 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, Callaway County has become solidly Republican in recent years despite being a Democratic stronghold for much of its history. Callaway County strongly favored Donald Trump in both 2016 and 2020. Bill Clinton was the last Democratic presidential nominee to carry Callaway 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 Lyndon Johnson in 1964.

Like most rural areas throughout Missouri, voters in Callaway County generally adhere to socially and culturally conservative principles which tend to influence their Republican leanings. Despite Callaway County's longstanding tradition of supporting socially conservative platforms, voters in the county have a penchant for advancing populist causes. 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. 62.63% of Callaway 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 Callaway 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 Callaway 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 Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) carried a plurality in Callaway County. Trump went on to win the nomination and the presidency.

On the Democratic side, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D-New York) narrowly won statewide, but Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) carried a majority of the vote in Callaway County.

2012
The 2012 Missouri Republican Presidential Primary's results were nonbinding on the state's national convention delegates. Voters in Callaway 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 Romney. 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. However, former Governor Mike Huckabee (R-Arkansas) won a plurality in Callaway County.

Then-Senator Hillary Clinton (D-New York) received more votes than any candidate from either party in Callaway 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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Caldwell County, Missouri

Caldwell County is a county located in Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 8,815. It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. Its county seat is Kingston. The county was organized December 29, 1836, and named by Alexander Doniphan to honor John Caldwell, who participated in George Rogers Clark's Native American Campaign of 1786 and was the second Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky.

Caldwell County was originally established as a haven for Mormons, who had been driven from Jackson County in November 1833, and had been refugees in adjacent Clay County since. The county was one of the principal settings of the 1838 Missouri Mormon War, which led to the expulsion of all Latter Day Saints from Missouri, following the issuance of an "extermination order" by then–Governor Lilburn Boggs.

Mormon settlement
Caldwell County was originally part of Ray County. The first white settler was Jesse Mann Sr., who settled one-half mile northeast of the public square of Kingston on Shoal Creek in 1831. The early settlers moved back south in 1832 for better protection during the Black Hawk War uprising.

A few Mormon settlers, who had been evicted from Jackson County, Missouri, moved into the county in 1832, and included Jacob Hawn, whose mill on Shoal Creek would become the scene of the bloodiest incident in the Mormon War, known as the Hawn's Mill Massacre.

The settlers established Salem, the first town in the county, two miles southeast of Kingston. A larger number of Mormons moved to the county in the fall of 1836. The Missouri General Assembly created Caldwell County in December 1836, with the understanding that it would be dedicated to Mormon settlers. Its county seat was Far West, Missouri. By 1838 Far West reported a population of 4,000.

The major figures of early Mormon history, including Joseph Smith, Hyrum Smith, Brigham Young, John Taylor, Edward Partridge, Sidney Rigdon, Parley P. Pratt and John D. Lee, were included in the migration.

Mormon War
Mormon settlers moved further north into Daviess County, particularly at Adam-ondi-Ahman, after Smith proclaimed that it was the Biblical place where Adam and Eve were banished after leaving the Garden of Eden. He said it would be a gathering place on the Judgement Day. The Mormon War erupted following a skirmish between original Missouri settlers and Mormon settlers in the Gallatin Election Day Battle.

After the Missouri militia was routed in the Battle of Crooked Creek, Governor Lilburn Boggs issued Missouri Executive Order 44 (Mormon Extermination Order) to evict the Mormons from the state. Three days later, a group from Livingston County killed 18 Mormons in the Hawn's Mill massacre. Troops laid siege to Far West, where Smith surrendered in October 1838. The settlers agreed to leave; they abandoned Far West and initially regrouped in Quincy, Illinois, for the winter of 1838–39. The following spring, they founded Nauvoo, Illinois.

Following the dissolution of Far West, the county seat was moved to present-day Kingston.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 430 sqmi, of which 426 sqmi is land and 3.2 sqmi (0.8%) is water.

Adjacent counties

 * Daviess County (north)
 * Livingston County (east)
 * Carroll County (southeast)
 * Ray County (south)
 * Clinton County (west)
 * DeKalb County (northwest)

Major highways

 * [[Image:US 36.svg|25px]] U.S. Route 36
 * [[Image:MO-13.svg|25px]] Route 13
 * [[Image:MO-116.svg|25px]] Route 116

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 8,969 people, 3,523 households, and 2,501 families residing in the county. The population density was 8 /km2. There were 4,493 housing units at an average density of 4 /km2. The racial makeup of the county was 98.56% White, 0.13% Black or African American, 0.33% Native American, 0.12% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.18% from other races, and 0.67% from two or more races. 0.75% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 3,523 households, out of which 32.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.20% were married couples living together, 8.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.00% were non-families. 25.50% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51, and the average family size was 3.04.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 27.10% under the age of 18, 7.10% from 18 to 24, 25.10% from 25 to 44, 23.70% from 45 to 64, and 17.00% 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 93.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $31,240, and the median income for a family was $37,087. Males had a median income of $28,710 versus $19,523 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,343. 11.90% of the population and 9.70% of families were below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 15.10% of those under the age of 18 and 12.90% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.

Public Schools

 * Braymer C-4 School District – Braymer
 * Braymer Elementary School (PK-06)
 * Braymer High School (07-12)
 * Breckenridge R-I School District – Breckenridge
 * Breckinridge Elementary School (PK-06)
 * Breckinridge High School (07-12)
 * Cowgill R-VI School District – Cowgill
 * Cowgill Elementary School (Pk-08)
 * Kingston School District No. 42 – Kingston
 * Kingston Elementary School (PK-08)
 * Mirabile C-1 School District – Polo
 * Mirabile Elementary School (PK-08)
 * New York R-IV School District – Hamilton
 * New York Elementary School (K-08)
 * Polo R-VII School District – Polo
 * Polo Elementary School (PK-04)
 * Polo Middle School (05-08)
 * Polo High School (09-12)
 * Hamilton R-2 School District - Hamilton, Missouri

Public libraries

 * Breckenridge Public Library
 * Hamilton Public Library

Cities

 * Braymer
 * Breckenridge
 * Cowgill
 * Hamilton
 * Kidder
 * Kingston (county seat)
 * Polo

Ghost town

 * Far West

Townships
Caldwell County is divided into 12 townships

 * Breckenridge
 * Davis
 * Fairview
 * Gomer
 * Grant
 * Hamilton
 * Kidder
 * Kingston
 * Lincoln
 * Mirabile
 * New York
 * Rockford

Unincorporated Communities

 * Black Oak
 * Bonanza
 * Catawba
 * Gould Farm
 * Mirabile
 * Nettleton

Notable people

 * Colin Brown, former NFL player for the Kansas City Chiefs, Baltimore Ravens, and Buffalo Bills
 * Herb Conyers, former professional baseball player for the Cleveland Indians
 * Jenny Doan, Quilter for Missouri Star Quilt Company
 * Charles J. Hughes Jr., U.S. Senator from Colorado (1909-1911)
 * James Kirkpatrick, Missouri Secretary of State (1965-1985)
 * Frank B. Klepper, U.S. Representative from Missouri (1905-1907)
 * Glen Lukens, prominent Western ceramics artist
 * James Cash Penney, founder of JC Penney
 * Mack Wheat, Major League Baseball player
 * Zack Wheat, Major League Baseball player

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

State
All of Caldwell County is a part of Missouri's 8th District in the Missouri House of Representatives and is currently represented by Randy Railsback (R-Hamilton).

All of Caldwell County is a part of Missouri's 21st District in the Missouri Senate and is currently represented by Denny Hoskins (R-Warrensburg).

Federal
All of Caldwell 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.

Caldwell 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.

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 Caldwell 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 Caldwell 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, as well as a plurality of the vote in Caldwell County.

On the Democratic side, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D-New York) won statewide by a small margin, but lost Caldwell County to Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont).

2012
The 2012 Missouri Republican Presidential Primary's results were nonbinding on the state's national convention delegates. Voters in Caldwell 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 delegations favoring Romney.

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 Caldwell 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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Butler County, Missouri

Butler County is a county located in the southeast Ozark Foothills Region in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 Census, the county's population was 42,130. The largest city and county seat is Poplar Bluff. The county was officially organized from Wayne County on February 27, 1849, and is named after former U.S. Representative William O. Butler (D-Kentucky), who was also an unsuccessful candidate for Vice President of the United States. The first meeting in the Butler County Courthouse was held on June 18, 1849.

Butler County comprises the Poplar Bluff, MO Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 699 sqmi, of which 695 sqmi is land and 4.3 sqmi (0.6%) is water.

Adjacent counties

 * Wayne County (north)
 * Stoddard County (northeast)
 * Dunklin County (southeast)
 * Clay County, Arkansas (south)
 * Ripley County (west)
 * Carter County (northwest)

Major highways

 * [[Image:I-57 (Future).svg|20px]] Future Interstate 57
 * [[Image:US 60.svg|20px]] U.S. Route 60
 * [[Image:US 67.svg|20px]] U.S. Route 67
 * [[Image:US 160.svg|20px]] U.S. Route 160
 * [[Image:MO-51.svg|20px]] Route 51
 * [[Image:MO-53.svg|20px]] Route 53
 * [[Image:MO-142.svg|20px]] Route 142

National protected area

 * Mark Twain National Forest (part)

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 40,867 people, 16,718 households, and 11,318 families residing in the county. The population density was 59 /mi2. There were 18,707 housing units at an average density of 27 /mi2. The racial makeup of the county was 92.16% White, 5.22% Black or African American, 0.56% Native American, 0.44% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.26% from other races, and 1.36% from two or more races. Approximately 1.01% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Among the major first ancestries reported in Butler County were 31.7% American, 13.8% German, 11.6% Irish and 10.5% English.

There were 16,718 households, out of which 29.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.50% were married couples living together, 11.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.30% were non-families. 28.00% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.91.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 24.20% under the age of 18, 8.40% from 18 to 24, 26.60% from 25 to 44, 24.10% 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 92.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $34,422, and the median income for a family was $42,713. Males had a median income of $27,449 versus $19,374 for females. The per capita income for the county was $20,282. About 14.00% of families and 18.60% of the population were below the poverty line, including 25.90% of those under age 18 and 16.90% of those age 65 or over.

Religion
According to the Association of Religion Data Archives County Membership Report (2010), Butler County is part of the Bible Belt, with evangelical Protestantism being the most predominant religion. The most predominant denominations among residents in Butler County who adhere to a religion are Southern Baptists (36.39%), nondenominational evangelical groups (14.64%), and Roman Catholics (11.92%).

Education
Of adults 25 years of age and older in Butler County, 83.5% possesses a high school diploma or higher while 13.9% holds a bachelor's degree or higher as their highest educational attainment.

Public Schools

 * Neelyville R-IV School District - Neelyville
 * Hillview Elementary School - Harviell - (PK-02)
 * Neelyville Elementary School - (03-06)
 * Neelyville High School - (07-12)
 * Poplar Bluff R-I School District - Poplar Bluff
 * Eugene Field Elementary School - (01-03)
 * Mark Twain Early Childhood Center - (PK/Daycare)
 * Lake Road Elementary School - (01-04)
 * Poplar Bluff Kindergarten Center - (K)
 * O'Neal Elementary School - (01-03)
 * Oak Grove Elementary School - (01-03)
 * Poplar Bluff Middle School - (04-06)
 * Poplar Bluff Jr. High School (07-08)
 * Poplar Bluff High School (09-12)
 * Twin Rivers R-X School District - Broseley
 * Fisk Elementary School - Fisk - (K-08)
 * Qulin Elementary School - Qulin - (K-08)
 * Twin Rivers High School - Broseley - (09-12)

Private schools

 * Agape Christian School - Poplar Bluff - (K-12) - Non-denominational Christian
 * Sacred Heart Elementary School - Poplar Bluff - (PK-08) - Roman Catholic
 * Southern Missouri Christian School - Poplar Bluff - (K-12) - Assembly of God/Pentecostal
 * Westwood Baptist Academy - Poplar Bluff - (PK-12) - Baptist
 * Zion Lutheran School - Poplar Bluff - Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod

Special education/other schools

 * Hentz Alternative Learning Center - Poplar Bluff
 * Shady Grove State School - Poplar Bluff
 * Sierra-Osage Treatment Center - Poplar Bluff
 * W.E. Sears Youth Center - Poplar Bluff

Post-secondary

 * Three Rivers College - Poplar Bluff - A public, two-year community college.

Public libraries

 * Fisk Community Library
 * Poplar Bluff Public Library

Local
The Republican Party completely controls all politics at the local level in Butler County.

State
Butler County is split between two legislative districts in the Missouri House of Representatives, both of which are represented by Republicans.

 * District 152 is currently represented by Hardy Billington (R-Poplar Bluff). It consists of all of the cities of Neelyville, Qulin, and Poplar Bluff; all of the census-designated place of Harviell; and the unincorporated communities of Angus, Batesville, Belcher, Booser, Broseley, Fagus, Hubbel, Kremlin, Loma Linda, Nyssa, Oglesville, Platanus, Resnik, Roxie, Taft, and Vastus.

 * District 153 is currently represented by Darrell Atchison (R-Williamsville). It consists of all of the city of Fisk and the unincorporated communities of Ash Hill, Barron, Empire, Halloran, Hamtown, Hendrickson, Hilliard, Keener, Kinzer, Morocco, Rombauer, and Wilby.

All of Butler County is included in Missouri's 25th Senatorial District and is represented by Republican Jason Bean (R-Holcomb) in the Missouri Senate.

Federal
All of Butler County is included in Missouri's 8th Congressional District and is currently represented by Jason Smith (R-Salem) in the U.S. House of Representatives. Smith was elected to a fifth term in 2020 over Democratic challenger Kathy Ellis.

Butler 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, Butler County is solidly Republican. Butler County strongly favored Donald Trump in both 2016 and 2020. Bill Clinton was the last Democratic presidential nominee to carry Butler County in 1992 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 Missouri, voters in Butler County generally adhere to socially and culturally conservative principles which tend to influence their Republican leanings. Despite Butler County's longstanding tradition of supporting socially conservative platforms, voters in the county have a penchant for advancing populist causes. 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. 54.47% of Butler 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 Butler 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 Butler 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 Butler County. He went on to win the presidency.

On the Democratic side, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D-New York) narrowly won statewide and carried a majority in Butler County.

2012
The 2012 Missouri Republican Presidential Primary's results were nonbinding on the state's national convention delegates. Voters in Butler 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. However, former Governor Mike Huckabee (R-Arkansas) won a plurality in Butler County.

Then-Senator Hillary Clinton (D-New York) received more votes than any candidate from either party in Butler 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.

Cities

 * Fisk
 * Neelyville
 * Poplar Bluff (county seat and largest municipality)
 * Qulin

Census-designated places

 * Fairdealing (part)
 * Harviell

Other unincorporated communities

 * Ash Hill
 * Batesville
 * Broseley
 * Carola
 * Empire
 * Fagus
 * Halloran
 * Hendrickson
 * Hilliard
 * Hubbells
 * Junland
 * Keeners
 * Kinzer
 * Kremlin Mill
 * Milltown
 * Nyssa
 * Oglesville
 * Parks
 * Rombauer
 * Rossville
 * Stringtown
 * Taft
 * Vastus
 * Wilby

Townships
Butler County is divided into ten townships:

 * Ash Hill
 * Beaver Dam
 * Black River
 * Cane Creek
 * Coon Island
 * Epps
 * Gillis Bluff
 * Neely
 * Poplar Bluff
 * St. Francois

Notable people

 * Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, television producer (Designing Women)
 * Christian Boeving, fitness model, bodybuilder and actor
 * Sean Fister, 1995, 2001 and 2005 World Long Drive Champion, inducted to 3 Hall of Fames
 * Leroy Griffith, burlesque theater owner and film producer
 * Tyler Hansbrough, NBA basketball player for the Toronto Raptors, Indiana Pacers and the Charlotte Hornets
 * Scott Innes, radio broadcaster and voice actor for Scooby-Doo
 * Charles Jaco, CNN reporter
 * Billie G. Kanell, Medal of Honor recipient, United States Army
 * Tim Lollar, professional baseball pitcher
 * Matt Lucas, singer, drummer and songwriter
 * Julie McCullough, actress-model (Growing Pains and Playboy Playmate)
 * Derland Moore, professional football player
 * Mikel Rouse, composer

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Buchanan County, Missouri

Buchanan County is located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 84,793. Its county seat is St. Joseph. When originally formed in 1838, the county was named Roberts County, after settler Hiram Roberts. It was renamed in 1839 for James Buchanan, then a U.S. Senator and later President of the United States. The county was formed from land annexed to Missouri, as were five other counties.

Buchanan County is included in the Kansas City CSA.

Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 415 sqmi, of which 408 sqmi is land and 6.6 sqmi (1.6%) is water.

Adjacent counties

 * Andrew County (north)
 * DeKalb County (northeast)
 * Clinton County (east)
 * Platte County (south)
 * Atchison County, Kansas (southwest)
 * Doniphan County, Kansas (northwest)

Major highways

 * [[Image:I-29 (MO).svg|25px]] Interstate 29
 * [[Image:I-229 (MO).svg|25px]] Interstate 229
 * [[Image:US 36.svg|25px]] U.S. Route 36
 * [[Image:US 59.svg|25px]] U.S. Route 59
 * [[Image:US 71.svg|25px]] U.S. Route 71
 * [[Image:US 169.svg|25px]] U.S. Route 169
 * [[Image:MO-6.svg|25px]] Route 6
 * [[Image:MO-31.svg|25px]] Route 31
 * [[Image:MO-116.svg|25px]] Route 116
 * [[Image:MO-371.svg|25px]] Route 371

Transit

 * St. Joseph Transit
 * Jefferson Lines

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 85,998 people, 33,557 households, and 21,912 families residing in the county. The population density was 210 PD/sqmi. There were 36,574 housing units at an average density of 89 /mi2. The racial makeup of the county was 92.73% White, 4.36% Black or African American, 0.42% Native American, 0.45% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.65% from other races, and 1.37% from two or more races. Approximately 2.43% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 33,557 households, out of which 30.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.30% were married couples living together, 12.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.70% were non-families. 28.90% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 24.30% under the age of 18, 11.00% from 18 to 24, 28.50% from 25 to 44, 21.20% from 45 to 64, and 15.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $34,704, and the median income for a family was $42,408. Males had a median income of $31,697 versus $21,827 for females. The per capita income for the county was $17,882. About 8.50% of families and 12.20% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.00% of those under age 18 and 9.60% of those age 65 or over.

Religion
According to the Association of Religion Data Archives County Membership Report (2010), Buchanan County is sometimes regarded as being on the northern edge of the Bible Belt, with evangelical Protestantism being the most predominant religion. The most predominant denominations among residents in Buchanan County who adhere to a religion are Southern Baptists (24.96%), Roman Catholics (20.35%), and nondenominational evangelical groups (15.95%).

Public schools

 * Buchanan County R-IV School District – De Kalb
 * Rushville Elementary School (PK-06)
 * De Kalb Junior/Senior High School (07-12)
 * East Buchanan County C-I School District - Gower
 * East Buchanan County C-I Middle School (06-08) - Easton
 * Mid-Buchanan County R-V School District – Faucett
 * Mid-Buchanan County Elementary School (PK-06)
 * Mid-Buchanan County High School (07-12)
 * St. Joseph School District – St. Joseph
 * Carden Park Elementary School (K-06)
 * Coleman Elementary School (K-06)
 * Edison Elementary School (PK-06)
 * Ellison Elementary School (K-06)
 * Field Elementary School (K-06)
 * Hosea Elementary School (PK-06)
 * Hyde Elementary School (K-06)
 * Lindbergh Elementary School (PK-06)
 * Oak Grove Elementary School (K-06)
 * Parkway Elementary School (PK-06)
 * Pershing Elementary School (K-06)
 * Pickett Elementary School (PK-06)
 * Skaith Elementary School (PK-06)
 * Bode Middle School (07-08)
 * Robidoux Middle School (07-08)
 * Spring Garden Middle (07-08)
 * Truman Middle School (07-08)
 * Benton High School (09-12)
 * Central High School (09-12)
 * Lafayette High School (09-12)

Private schools

 * Baptist Temple Schools – St. Joseph (K-12) – Baptist
 * Cathedral School & Early Childhood Center – St. Joseph (NS/PK-08) – Roman Catholic
 * Prescott Seventh-day Adventist School – St. Joseph (02-08) – Seventh-day Adventist
 * St. Francis Xavier School – St. Joseph (K-09) – Roman Catholic
 * St. James School – St. Joseph (K-09) – Roman Catholic
 * St. Joseph Christian School – St. Joseph (PK-12) – Nondenominational Christian
 * St. Paul Lutheran School – St. Joseph (K-09) – Lutheran
 * St. Joseph KinderCare – St. Joseph (NS-PK)
 * South Park Christian Academy – St. Joseph (K-12) – Pentecostal
 * Bishop LeBlond High School – St. Joseph (9-12) – Roman Catholic

Colleges and Universities

 * Missouri Western State University

Public libraries

 * Rolling Hills Consolidated Library—Belt Branch
 * Saint Joseph Public Library

Cities

 * Dearborn (partly in Platte County)
 * De Kalb
 * Easton
 * Gower (partly in Clinton County)
 * St. Joseph (county seat)

Villages

 * Agency
 * Lewis and Clark Village
 * Rushville

Unincorporated communities

 * Faucett
 * Frazier
 * Garrettsburg
 * Halleck
 * Halls
 * Lake Station
 * San Antonio
 * Saxton
 * Sparta
 * Wallace
 * Willow Brook
 * Winthrop

Townships
Buchanan County is divided into 12 townships:

 * Agency
 * Bloomington
 * Center
 * Crawford
 * Jackson
 * Lake
 * Marion
 * Platte
 * Rush
 * Tremont
 * Washington
 * Wayne

Notable people

 * Charles S. L. Baker, African American businessman and inventor
 * Kay Barnes, Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri (1999–2007)
 * Dwayne Blakley, professional football player
 * Ryan Bradley, figure skater
 * Norbert Brodine, cinematographer
 * Byron Browne, professional baseball player
 * Charles F. Buddy, bishop, attended Christian Brothers School
 * Rob Calloway, boxer
 * Harold F. Cherniss, historian of ancient Greece and Plato scholar at Princeton
 * Walter Cronkite, iconic television journalist
 * Paul Crouch, founder of Trinity Broadcasting Network
 * Katherine Kennicott Davis, composer of "The Little Drummer Boy"
 * Eminem, rapper and recording artist
 * Eugene Field, popular poet in his day, worked for the St. Joseph Gazette and wrote a famous poem about Lover's Lane in St. Joseph
 * Ralph D. Foster, broadcasting pioneer
 * Betty Garrett, actress, known for On the Town and Laverne & Shirley
 * Elijah Gates, State Treasurer of Missouri (1877–1881)
 * Anthony Glise, guitarist
 * Jody Hamilton, wrestler
 * Larry Hamilton, wrestler
 * Fred Harman, artist, drew the Red Ryder cartoons and worked with Walt Disney
 * Coleman Hawkins, jazz saxophonist
 * Shere Hite, sex educator
 * Edie Huggins, television journalist
 * Bela M. Hughes, pioneer, prominent St. Joseph lawyer in 1850s and 1860s
 * William Hyde, journalist
 * Henry Iba, Oklahoma State University men's basketball coach
 * Jesse James, iconic outlaw, murdered in St. Joseph
 * Kagney Linn Karter, pornographic actress
 * Brian McDonald, writer
 * Jeff Morris, actor, known for The Blues Brothers
 * Timothy Omundson, actor
 * Isaac C. Parker, federal judge, U.S. Representative from Missouri (1871–1875)
 * Travis Partridge, professional football player
 * Forrest E. Peden, decorated World War II soldier
 * Tom Pendergast, political boss
 * Seraphine Eppstein Pisko, executive secretary of the Denver Jewish Hospital
 * Frank Posegate, mayor of St. Joseph
 * LeRoy Prinz, choreographer and film director
 * Arthur Pryor, trombonist
 * Sid Rogell, Hollywood producer
 * Nellie Tayloe Ross, first woman elected governor of a U.S. state; Governor of Wyoming (1925–1927)
 * Martin Rucker, professional football player
 * Mike Rucker, professional football player
 * Jay Sarno, hotel mogul, founder of Caesars Palace
 * Bill Snyder, Kansas State football coach
 * Eddie Timanus, Jeopardy! champion, won five times in 1999 despite being blind
 * Steve Walsh, musician of band Kansas
 * Ruth Warrick, actress, known for Citizen Kane and All My Children
 * Jim Webb, U.S. Senator from Virginia (2007–2013)
 * Silas Woodson, 21st Governor of Missouri (1873–1875)
 * Huston Wyeth, industrialist
 * Jane Wyman, Oscar–winning actress and first wife of Ronald Reagan
 * Delmer J. Yoakum, artist
 * Olive Young, actress and blues singer

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

State
Buchanan County is split between three legislative districts in the Missouri House of Representatives, all of which are held by Republicans.

 * District 9 – Dean Van Schoiack (R-Savannah). Consists of the eastern portion of the county.

 * District 10 – Bill Falkner (R-St. Joseph). The district is entirely based in the city of St. Joseph.

 * District 11 – Brenda Shields (R-St. Joseph). Consists of the southern part of the county.

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

Federal
All of Buchanan 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.

Buchanan 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, Buchanan County is a swing county that has become increasingly Republican in recent years. Buchanan County strongly favored Donald Trump in both 2016 and 2020. Barack Obama was the last Democratic presidential nominee to carry Buchanan County in 2008 with a plurality of the vote, but a Democrat hasn't won majority support from the county's voters in a presidential election since Michael Dukakis in 1988.

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 Buchanan 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 Buchanan 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 and carried a plurality in Buchanan County. He went on to win the presidency.

On the Democratic side, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D-New York) narrowly won statewide, but Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) carried Buchanan County.

2012
The 2012 Missouri Republican Presidential Primary's results were nonbinding on the state's national convention delegates. Voters in Buchanan 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 Romney. 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. However, former Governor Mitt Romney (R-Massachusetts) narrowly carried Buchanan County.

Then-Senator Hillary Clinton (D-New York) received more votes than any candidate from either party in Buchanan 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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Talk:Thamesmead

T Block
T Block originates from Central Thamesmead, more specifically the Titmuss Avenue and surrounding towerblocks. This area is even known as "T-Block", as T Block is not just a gang it is the territory in which they run. People normally refer to it as "Gogi's" because of the nearest newsagent "Gogi's Supermarket".
 * Isn't T block a dangerous Thamesmead gang??  Puffin  ''Lets talk! 21:06, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

Clockwork Orange and Tavy Bridge
Primary source. In this still from the film http://nhindymedia.org/usermedia/image/3/clockwork-orange-5.jpg the characteristic 10-story towers of Thamesmead stage 1 either side of Tavy Bridge can be seen in the background of Southmere Lake.

Compare with this photo of the same spot http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/c/clockwork.html

Secondary sources (not obviously recursive from Wikipedia)
 * http://www.wheredidtheyfilmthat.co.uk/film.php?film_id=65
 * http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066921/locations
 * http://www.greenwich.gov.uk/film/f_info3.htm
 * http://www.reelstreets.com/clockwork_orange.htm

One of the scenes from Clockwork Orange was filmed in the ground floor lobby of the old medical centre. The old medical centre, part of the Tavy Bridge development, has since been demolished. It was accessed mainly from the upper level walkway but there was a lift and it was in the ground floor lift lobby where filming took place. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SecondEarly (talk • contribs) 20:42, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

Bostall
If anyone can identify the area called Bostall, please write it up & reinstate the link I just removed. I lived just off Bostall Lane for ten years but never heard of a local area called Bostall. Nealc 16:48, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Bostall is listed as a locality in the London Borough of Bexley. There is a Bostall library run by the Borough. Millbanks (talk) 07:39, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Mainly on the Bexley side, there is also an Anglican parish (St Andrew). Bostall Woods, and Bostall Heath itself are on the Greenwich side of the borough boundary, as are Bostall Gardens (near Viola Avenue and McLeaod Road). Hasted in his History of Kent (1797) mentions Bostall as a hamlet near Plumsted, and that it contained Suffolk Place Farm. Rhillman (talk) 11:40, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Dates
The article does not give a date for the initial development in Thamesmead. My memory is that it was in the 1960s when architects, planners etc used to visit Thamesmead as some sort of "brave new world".

Missing Information
A lot of information is missing from this article - development dates (as mentioned above), the role of Trust Thamesmead, details of the lakes and canal system, the fact that Thamesmead South, Thamesmead North, Thamesmead Central and Thamesmead West are essentially separate from each other. Will try to gather further information and add to the article! Rhillman (talk) 11:40, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Ethnicity
What's up with those figures? 67.2% + 44.9% + 5.5% + 3.4% + 3.0% = 124% —Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.143.201.119 (talk) 13:32, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

The White british Element is wrong, it's nearer 40% so that would make the totals right! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.7.137.18 (talk) 10:49, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Needs more photos
82.46.49.45 (talk) 19:48, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

Tone
Some examples. MRSC (talk) 14:53, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
 * was definitely not first port of call for immigrants arriving in London
 * Unfortunately, at the time (and probably to this day), more cleaners than bankers resided in Thamesmead and so they were left to rely on the bus.

Untrue claim
Thamesmead built at the end of the 60's was one of the last social housing estates featuring high-rise tower blocks to be built in England.

Nobody object if I reword this. There were countless developments in the 1970s made up of high rise blocks. I could name dozens if I were to be really boring. Mtaylor848 (talk) 12:34, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Gang Culture
Can we have some more detail on the gang culture as this aspect of the culture seems under-represented. I can find countless mainstream news reports on beatings, stabbings, acid attacks etc, but no mention in this article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.202.221.27 (talk) 17:04, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Misfits Filiming
Is there any way to include the filming of Misfits in this article? The location features heavily in the series. Nerter (talk) 03:58, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

Fraud capital of Britain--merge into article
Thamesmead was claimed to be to Fraud capital of Britain by a BBC Radio 4 documentary in 2009

BBC Radio 4 - The fraud capital of Britain

--193.35.254.233 (talk) 13:16, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

East or South London
Thamesmead is geographically in East London because of its location due east of Charing Cross, not south east. Saying Thamesmead is in South London is like saying Rainham is in North London just because of it's location north of the River Thames. I have certainly never heard Rainham as being referred to as part of the area. Whether it is culturally in South London or not is irrelevant.--95.145.91.231 (talk) 14:15, 17 September 2017 (UTC)
 * It always depends how you look at it. However, Greenwich and Bexley boroughs are generally considered South-East London, so Thamesmead must be too. There are maps that have Greenwich and Bexley in East London but the majority does not. Check this link. We're not on Wikipedia to promote what we think is right but to reflect was is generally thought is right. Best, Kleon3 (talk) 18:41, 17 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Fair enough, maybe South East London is the logical choice.--95.145.91.231 (talk) 19:05, 17 September 2017 (UTC)

Ringway 2
Some mention should be made to the Ringway 2 proposals: there are a number of references (I tried providing some, including a Hansard reference and a Project Gutenberg link but there was a problem somewhere). Jackiespeel (talk) 12:42, 6 July 2018 (UTC)

Thamesmead East
I've gathered information on Thamesmead East. Can I re-add it? GlitchyM. (talk) 23:03, 6 May 2019 (UTC)

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