Callaway County, Missouri

Callaway County
Callaway County Courthouse in Fulton
Callaway County Courthouse in Fulton
Map of Missouri highlighting Callaway County
Location within the U.S. state of Missouri
Map of the United States highlighting Missouri
Missouri's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 38°50′N 91°55′W / 38.84°N 91.92°W / 38.84; -91.92
Country United States
State Missouri
FoundedNovember 25, 1820
Named forJames Callaway
SeatFulton
Largest cityFulton
Area
 • Total
847 sq mi (2,190 km2)
 • Land835 sq mi (2,160 km2)
 • Water13 sq mi (30 km2)  1.5%
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
44,283
 • Density52/sq mi (20/km2)
Time zoneUTC−6 (Central)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district3rd
Websitecallawaycounty.org

Callaway County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 United States Census, the county's population was 44,283.[1] Its county seat is Fulton.[2] With a border formed by the Missouri River, the county was organized November 25, 1820, and named for Captain James Callaway, grandson of Daniel Boone.[3] The county has been historically referred to as "The Kingdom of Callaway" after an incident in which some residents confronted Union troops during the U.S. Civil War.[4]

Callaway County is part of the Jefferson City, Missouri, Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Vineyards and wineries were first established in the area by German immigrants in the mid-19th century. Among the first mentioned in county histories are those around the southeastern Callaway settlement of Heilburn, a community neighboring Portland, on the Missouri River.[5] Since the 1960s, there has been a revival of winemaking there and throughout Missouri.

The Callaway Nuclear Generating Station is located in Callaway County, near Fulton.

  1. ^ "2020 Population and Housing State Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 1, 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. 267.
  4. ^ Kingdom of Callaway Historical Society
  5. ^ Provines, John G: 'History of Callaway County' article in the 'Illustrated Historical Atlas of Callaway County'. Philadelphia PA: Edwards Brothers, 1876.