Stoddard County, Missouri

Stoddard County
Stoddard County
County
	The Stoddard County Courthouse in Bloomfield
	Location within the U.S. state of Missouri
	Missouri's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 36°52′N 89°57′W / 36.86°N 89.95°W
Country	United States
State	Missouri
Founded	January 2, 1835
Named for	Amos Stoddard
Seat	Bloomfield
Largest city	Dexter
Area
• Total	829 sq mi (2,150 km2)
• Land	823 sq mi (2,130 km2)
• Water	5.8 sq mi (15 km2) 0.7%
Population (2020)
• Total	28,672
• Density	35/sq mi (13/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	8th

Stoddard County is a county located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,672.^[1] The county seat is Bloomfield.^[2] The county was officially organized on January 2, 1835, and is named for Amos Stoddard, the first American commandant (an early term for "governor") of Upper Louisiana.^[3]

^ Cite error: The named reference 2020 census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1918). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 366.