Dallas County, Missouri

Dallas County
Dallas County
County
	Dallas County Courthouse in Buffalo
	Location within the U.S. state of Missouri
	Missouri's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 37°40′N 93°01′W / 37.67°N 93.02°W
Country	United States
State	Missouri
Founded	December 10, 1844
Named for	George M. Dallas
Seat	Buffalo
Largest city	Buffalo
Area
• Total	543 sq mi (1,410 km2)
• Land	541 sq mi (1,400 km2)
• Water	2.1 sq mi (5 km2) 0.4%
Population (2020)
• Total	17,071
• Density	31/sq mi (12/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	4th

Dallas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 17,071.^[1] Its county seat is Buffalo.^[2] The county was organized in 1842 as Niangua County and then renamed in 1844 for George M. Dallas, who served as Vice President under James K. Polk.^[3]^[4]

^ "Dallas County, Missouri". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ "Disappearing Missouri Names". The Kansas City Star. March 19, 1911. p. 15. Retrieved August 15, 2014 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 283.