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| Name | Cooper |
| Alt names | Cooper | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 38.85°N 92.8°W |
| Located in | Missouri, United States (1818 - ) |
| See also | Benton, Missouri, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Cole, Missouri, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Jackson, Missouri, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Lafayette, Missouri, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Morgan, Missouri, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Pettis, Missouri, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Saline, Missouri, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | St. Louis, Missouri, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Cooper County is a county located in Central Missouri in the United States. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the population was 17,601. Its county seat is Boonville. The county was organized December 17, 1818 and named for Sarshall Cooper, a frontier settler who was killed by Native Americans near Arrow Rock in 1814.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1818 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1819 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1819 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1819 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1820 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1821 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1840 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1883 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1820 | 6,959
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| 1830 | 6,904
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| 1840 | 10,484
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| 1850 | 12,950
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| 1860 | 17,356
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| 1870 | 20,692
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| 1880 | 21,596
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| 1890 | 22,707
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| 1900 | 22,532
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| 1910 | 20,311
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| 1920 | 19,308
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| 1930 | 19,522
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| 1940 | 18,075
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| 1950 | 16,608
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| 1960 | 15,448
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| 1970 | 14,732
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| 1980 | 14,643
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| 1990 | 14,835
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Research Tips
External links
www.rootsweb.com/~mocooper/
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