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Wright County
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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 )
- Congressional district
- 8th
- Website
- www .wrightcountymo .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 18188
- Area
- 683
- Official website
- www.wrightcountymo.com
- Image
- Wright County MO Courthouse 20151022-163.jpg
- Households
- 6977
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- Commons category
- Wright County, Missouri
- inception
- 1841-01-29
- water as percent of area
- 0.2
- native label
- Wright County
- per capita income
- 18858
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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.
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