Bollinger County, Missouri

Bollinger County
County
Bollinger County Courthouse, April 2014
Location within the U.S. state of Missouri
Missouri's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 37°19′N 90°02′W / 37.32°N 90.03°W / 37.32; -90.03
Country	United States
State	Missouri
Founded	March 1, 1851
Named for	George Frederick Bollinger
Seat	Marble Hill
Largest city	Marble Hill
Area
• Total	621 sq mi (1,610 km2)
• Land	618 sq mi (1,600 km2)
• Water	3.3 sq mi (9 km2)  0.5%
Population  (2020)
• Total	10,567
• Density	17/sq mi (6.6/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	8th

Bollinger County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 10,567.^[1] The county seat, largest and only city, is Marble Hill.^[2] The largely rural county is supported by agriculture and construction. The county was officially organized in March 1851 from portions of Wayne, Cape Girardeau and Stoddard Counties, and named in honor of George Frederick Bollinger, an early settler.

Bollinger County is part of the Cape Girardeau, MO–IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county is the home of the "Missouri dinosaur" discovered at an archaeological dig near Glen Allen in 1942. Blue Pond, the deepest natural pond in Missouri, is located in the southern portion of the county.