Place:Cole, Missouri, United States

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NameCole
Alt namesColesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates38.5°N 92.283°W
Located inMissouri, United States     (1829 - )
See alsoCooper, Missouri, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Miller, Missouri, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Moniteau, Missouri, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Cemetery
Old Burial Ground
Rice-Sone Cemetery
Deserted settlement
Belleville ( 1830 - 1930 )
Teal
Inhabited place
Apache Flats
Bass
Brazito
Centertown
Cole Junction
Decatur
Elston
Eugene
Henley
Hickory Hill
Honey Creek
Jefferson City ( 1821 - )
Lohman
Marion Township
Marion
Millbrook
Osage Bend
Osage Bluff
Osage City
Payne Ford
Plummer
Russellville
Schubert
Scott
Scrivner
Scruggs
St. Martins
St. Thomas
Stringtown
Taos
Wardsville


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Cole County is located in the central part of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, its population was 77,279. Its county seat and largest city is Jefferson City, the state capital. The county was organized November 16, 1820 and named after pioneer Captain Stephen Cole, an Indian/African American fighter and pioneer settler, who built Cole's Fort in Boonville.

Cole County is in the Jefferson City, MO Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is south of the Missouri River.

In 2010, the center of the population of Missouri was in Cole County, near the village of Wardsville.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1821 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1821 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1821 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1829 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1830 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1834 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1850 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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
1830 3,023
1840 9,286
1850 6,696
1860 9,697
1870 10,292
1880 15,515
1890 17,281
1900 20,578
1910 21,957
1920 24,680
1930 30,848
1940 34,912
1950 35,464
1960 40,761
1970 46,228
1980 56,663
1990 63,579
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Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Cole County, Missouri, United States

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Resources

source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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