Lincoln County, Missouri

Lincoln County
Lincoln County
County
	Lincoln County Courthouse in Troy
	Location within the U.S. state of Missouri
	Missouri's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 39°04′N 90°58′W / 39.06°N 90.96°W
Country	United States
State	Missouri
Founded	December 14, 1818
Named for	Benjamin Lincoln
Seat	Troy
Largest city	Troy
Area
• Total	640 sq mi (1,700 km2)
• Land	627 sq mi (1,620 km2)
• Water	14 sq mi (40 km2) 2.2%
Population (2020)
• Total	59,574
• Density	93/sq mi (36/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	3rd
Website	www.lcmo.us

Lincoln County is located in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 59,574.^[1] Its county seat is Troy.^[2] The county was founded December 14, 1818, and named for Major General Benjamin Lincoln of the American Revolutionary War.^[3]

^ Cite error: The named reference 2020 census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "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. 185–186.