Wright County
Also known as Wright County, Missouri, Wright County, MO
county in Missouri, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- Founded
- January 29, 1841
- Named after
- Silas Wright
- Seat
- Hartville
- Largest city
- Mountain Grove
- Total
- 683 sq mi (1,770 km )
- Land
- 682 sq mi (1,770 km )
- Water
- 1.4 sq mi (3.6 km ) 0.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 19,671
- Density
- 28.6/sq mi (11.0/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
Article
Wright County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,188. Its county seat is Hartville. The county was officially organized on January 29, 1841, and is named after Silas Wright (D-New York), a former Congressman, U.S. Senator and Governor of New York.
As of the 2020 United States census, the U.S. Census Bureau recognized the mean center of the United States population to be within the county, near the community of Hartville.