Daviess County, Missouri

Daviess County
Daviess County
County
	Daviess County Courthouse in Gallatin
	Location within the U.S. state of Missouri
	Missouri's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 39°58′N 93°59′W / 39.96°N 93.99°W
Country	United States
State	Missouri
Founded	December 29, 1836
Named for	Major Joseph Hamilton Daviess
Seat	Gallatin
Largest city	Gallatin
Area
• Total	569 sq mi (1,470 km2)
• Land	563 sq mi (1,460 km2)
• Water	5.8 sq mi (15 km2) 1.0%
Population (2020)
• Total	8,430
• Estimate (2021)	8,399
• Density	15/sq mi (5.7/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	6th
Website	https://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.

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