Cooper County, Missouri

Cooper County
Cooper County Courthouse in Boonville
Cooper County Courthouse in Boonville
Map of Missouri highlighting Cooper 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°51′N 92°49′W / 38.85°N 92.81°W / 38.85; -92.81
Country United States
State Missouri
FoundedDecember 17, 1818
Named forSarshell Cooper
SeatBoonville
Largest cityBoonville
Area
 • Total569 sq mi (1,470 km2)
 • Land565 sq mi (1,460 km2)
 • Water4.4 sq mi (11 km2)  0.8%
Population
 (2020)
 • Total17,103
 • Density30/sq mi (12/km2)
Time zoneUTC−6 (Central)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district4th
Websitewww.coopercountymo.gov

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.

  1. ^ "Explore Census Data".
  2. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  3. ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 90.
  4. ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 280.