Reynolds County, Missouri

Reynolds County
Reynolds County
County
	The antebellum county courthouse in Centerville
	Location within the U.S. state of Missouri
	Missouri's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 37°22′N 90°58′W / 37.36°N 90.97°W
Country	United States
State	Missouri
Founded	February 25, 1845
Named for	Thomas Reynolds
Seat	Centerville
Largest city	Ellington
Area
• Total	814 sq mi (2,110 km2)
• Land	808 sq mi (2,090 km2)
• Water	5.9 sq mi (15 km2) 0.7%
Population (2020)
• Total	6,096
• Density	7.5/sq mi (2.9/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	8th

Reynolds County is a county located in the Ozark Foothills Region in the Lead Belt of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,096.^[1] Its county seat is Centerville.^[2] The county was officially organized on February 25, 1845, and was named in honor of former Governor of Missouri Thomas Reynolds.^[3]

The county is home to Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park, a popular tourist attraction in the state of Missouri.

^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1917). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 347.