Lewis County, Missouri

Lewis County
Lewis County
County
	Lewis County Courthouse in Monticello
	Location within the U.S. state of Missouri
	Missouri's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 40°05′N 91°44′W / 40.09°N 91.73°W
Country	United States
State	Missouri
Founded	January 2, 1833
Named for	Meriwether Lewis
Seat	Monticello
Largest city	Canton
Area
• Total	511 sq mi (1,320 km2)
• Land	505 sq mi (1,310 km2)
• Water	5.8 sq mi (15 km2) 1.1%
Population (2020)
• Total	10,032
• Density	20/sq mi (7.6/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	6th
Website	lewiscountymo.org

Lewis County is a county located in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,032.^[1] Its county seat is Monticello.^[2] The county was organized January 2, 1833, and named for Meriwether Lewis, the explorer and Governor of the Louisiana Territory.^[3]

^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 185.