Wright County, Missouri

Wright County
Wright County
County
	Wright County Courthouse in Hartville
	Location within the U.S. state of Missouri
	Missouri's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 37°16′N 92°28′W / 37.27°N 92.46°W
Country	United States
State	Missouri
Founded	January 29, 1841
Named for	Silas Wright
Seat	Hartville
Largest city	Mountain Grove
Area
• Total	683 sq mi (1,770 km2)
• Land	682 sq mi (1,770 km2)
• Water	1.4 sq mi (4 km2) 0.2%
Population (2020)
• Total	18,188
• Density	27/sq mi (10/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	8th
Website	www.wrightcountymo.com

Wright County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,188.^[1] Its county seat is Hartville.^[2] The county was officially organized on January 29, 1841, and is named after Silas Wright (D-New York), a former Congressman, U.S. Senator and Governor of New York.^[3]

As of the 2020 United States Census, the U.S. Census Bureau recognized the mean center of the United States population to be within the county, near the community of Hartville.^[4]

^ "Wright County, Missouri". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1918). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 372.
^ Barrett, Joe (October 5, 2022). "At the Nation's Center, a Small and Shrinking Missouri Town". Wall Street Journal.