Wright County, Missouri
| Wright County, Missouri | |
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Wright County Courthouse in Hartville
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 Location in the U.S. state of Missouri |
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 Missouri's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | January 29, 1841 |
| Named for | Silas Wright |
| Seat | Hartville |
| Largest city | Mountain Grove |
| Area | |
| • Total | 683 sq mi (1,769 km2) |
| • Land | 682 sq mi (1,766 km2) |
| • Water | 1.4 sq mi (4 km2), 0.2% |
| Population (est.) | |
| • (2015) | 18,268 |
| • Density | 28/sq mi (11/km²) |
| Congressional district | 8th |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Website | www |
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| Elected countywide officials | ||||
| Assessor | Brenda Day | Republican | ||
| Circuit Clerk | Joe Chadwell | Republican | ||
| County Clerk | Nelda Masner | Republican | ||
| Collector | Cindy Cottengim | Republican | ||
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Commissioner (Presiding) |
Zach Williams | Republican | ||
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Commissioner (District 1) |
Tommy Gaddis | Republican | ||
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Commissioner (District 2) |
Mike Sherman | Republican | ||
| Coroner | Ben Hurtt | Republican | ||
| Prosecuting Attorney | Jason W. MacPherson | Republican | ||
| Public Administrator | John T. Miller | Republican | ||
| Recorder | Kathy Garrison | Republican | ||
| Sheriff | Glenn Adler | Republican | ||
| Surveyor | W. Andrew Daniel | Republican | ||
| Treasurer | Naomi Gray | Republican | ||
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| 2008 Republican primary in Missouri | ||
| John McCain | 746 (23.69%) | |
| Mike Huckabee | 1,878 (59.64%) | |
| Mitt Romney | 298 (9.46%) | |
| Ron Paul | 178 (5.65%) | |
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| 2008 Democratic primary in Missouri | ||
| Hillary Clinton | 1,143 (69.48%) | |
| Barack Obama | 452 (27.48%) | |
| John Edwards (withdrawn) | 36 (2.19%) | |
Wright County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 18,815. Its county seat is Hartville. The county was officially organized on January 29, 1841, and is named after Silas Wright (D-New York), a former Congressman, U.S. Senator and Governor of New York.
Wright County is bordered by Laclede County on the north, Texas County on the east, Douglas County on the south, and Webster County on the west. It is in the part of the state considered Southwest Missouri. Formed from part of Pulaski County on January 29, 1841, Wright County was named in honor of Silas Wright, a prominent New York Democrat. The county seat of Hartville was probably named after Hartsville, Tennessee, from where many early settlers originally came. Wright County lost part of its land in 1845 to Texas County, in 1849 to Laclede, and in 1855 a big chunk to Webster.
It appears there were no Native American settlements early in the area, although the wandering Delawares, Shawnees, and Piankashaws did come through. Early white settlers were in the county in 1836 and were probably hunters. Earliest known settlers (by 1840) were Samuel Thompson, Robert Moore, John W. Burns, Jeff and Robert Montgomery, Benjamin Stephens, James Young, William Franklin, Isham Pool, and the Tuckers, according to Goodspeed.
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