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Atchison County
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county in Missouri, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- Founded
- February 14, 1845
- Named after
- David Rice Atchison
- Seat
- Rock Port
- Largest city
- Tarkio
- Total
- 550 sq mi (1,400 km )
- Land
- 547 sq mi (1,420 km )
- Water
- 2.8 sq mi (7.3 km ) 0.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 5,175
- Density
- 9.70/sq mi (3.74/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 6th
- Website
- www .atchisoncounty .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 5305
- Area
- 1415
- Official website
- www.atchisoncounty.org
- Image
- ATCHISON COUNTY MEMORIAL BUILDING; ROCK PORT, MO.JPG
- Households
- 2549
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- Commons category
- Atchison County, Missouri
- inception
- 1843-02-23
- water as percent of area
- 0.5
- native label
- Atchison County
- per capita income
- 30927
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Atchison County is the northwesternmost county in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 5,305. Its county seat is Rock Port. It was originally known as Allen County when it was detached from Holt County in 1843. The county was officially organized on February 14, 1845, and named for U.S. Senator David Rice Atchison from Missouri.
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