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Lincoln County
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county in Missouri, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- Founded
- December 14, 1818
- Named after
- Benjamin Lincoln
- Seat
- Troy
- Largest city
- Troy
- Total
- 640 sq mi (1,700 km )
- Land
- 627 sq mi (1,620 km )
- Water
- 14 sq mi (36 km ) 2.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 66,676
- Density
- 93/sq mi (36/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 6th
- Website
- www .lcmo .us
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
An old barn in rural Lincoln County
Lincoln County is located in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 59,574. Its county seat is Troy. The county was founded December 14, 1818, and named for Major General Benjamin Lincoln of the American Revolutionary War. Lincoln County is part of the St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lincoln County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.