Cooper County | |
|---|---|
 Cooper County Courthouse in Boonville | |
 Location within the U.S. state of Missouri | |
 Missouri's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 38°51′N 92°49′W / 38.85°N 92.81°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Missouri |
| Founded | December 17, 1818 |
| Named for | Sarshell Cooper |
| Seat | Boonville |
| Largest city | Boonville |
| Area | |
| • Total | 569 sq mi (1,470 km2) |
| • Land | 565 sq mi (1,460 km2) |
| • Water | 4.4 sq mi (11 km2) 0.8% |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 17,103 |
| • Density | 30/sq mi (12/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Congressional district | 4th |
| Website | www |
Cooper County is located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 17,103.[1] Its county seat is Boonville.[2] The county was organized December 17, 1818, and named for Sarshell Cooper, a frontier settler who was killed by Native Americans near Arrow Rock in 1814.[3][4] It is a part of the Columbia, Missouri metropolitan area.
- ^ "Explore Census Data".
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 90.
- ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 280.