Daviess County, Missouri

Daviess County
Daviess County Courthouse in Gallatin
Daviess County Courthouse in Gallatin
Map of Missouri highlighting Daviess County
Location within the U.S. state of Missouri
Map of the United States highlighting Missouri
Missouri's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 39°58′N 93°59′W / 39.96°N 93.99°W / 39.96; -93.99
Country United States
State Missouri
FoundedDecember 29, 1836
Named forMajor Joseph Hamilton Daviess
SeatGallatin
Largest cityGallatin
Area
 • Total569 sq mi (1,470 km2)
 • Land563 sq mi (1,460 km2)
 • Water5.8 sq mi (15 km2)  1.0%
Population
 (2020)
 • Total8,430
 • Estimate 
(2021)[1]
8,399
 • Density15/sq mi (5.7/km2)
Time zoneUTC−6 (Central)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district6th
Websitehttps://www.daviesscountymo.gov

Daviess County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,430.[2] Its county seat is Gallatin.[3] The county was organized December 29, 1836, from Ray County and named for Major Joseph Hamilton Daveiss, a soldier from Kentucky who was killed in 1811 at the Battle of Tippecanoe.[4]

The county includes the town of Jamesport, which has the largest Amish community in Missouri.

  1. ^ "QuickFacts: Daviess County, Missouri". Census.gov. Archived from the original on March 7, 2023. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
  2. ^ "2020 Population and Housing State Data". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on August 12, 2021. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  3. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  4. ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 283.