Clark County, Missouri

Not to be confused with Clark, Missouri.

Clark County
County
Clark County Courthouse in Kahoka
Clark County Courthouse in Kahoka
Map of Missouri highlighting Clark County
Location within the U.S. state of Missouri
Map of the United States highlighting Missouri
Missouri's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 40°25′N 91°44′W / 40.41°N 91.74°W / 40.41; -91.74
Country United States
State Missouri
FoundedDecember 16, 1836
Named forWilliam Clark
SeatKahoka
Largest cityKahoka
Area
 • Total512 sq mi (1,330 km2)
 • Land505 sq mi (1,310 km2)
 • Water7.1 sq mi (18 km2)  1.4%
Population
 (2020)
 • Total6,634
 • Density13/sq mi (5.0/km2)
Time zoneUTC−6 (Central)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district6th
The Clark County, Missouri courthouse as it appeared circa 1878.
Clark County Courthouse in 2007. It was demolished in 2010 despite being on the National Register of Historic Places.

Clark County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, its population was 6,634.[1] Its county seat is Kahoka.[2] The county was organized December 16, 1836, and named for William Clark, leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and later Governor of Missouri Territory.[3][4]

Clark County is part of the Fort Madison–Keokuk, IA-IL-MO Micropolitan Statistical Area.

  1. ^ "2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
  2. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  3. ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 275.
  4. ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 82.