Dade County, Missouri

Dade County
Dade County
County
	Dade County Courthouse in Greenfield
	Location within the U.S. state of Missouri
	Missouri's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 37°26′N 93°51′W / 37.43°N 93.85°W
Country	United States
State	Missouri
Founded	January 29, 1841
Named for	Francis L. Dade
Seat	Greenfield
Largest city	Greenfield
Area
• Total	506 sq mi (1,310 km2)
• Land	490 sq mi (1,300 km2)
• Water	16 sq mi (40 km2) 3.2%
Population (2020)
• Total	7,569
• Density	15/sq mi (5.8/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	4th

Dade County is a county located in the southwest part of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,569.^[1] Its county seat is Greenfield.^[2] The county was organized in 1841 and named after Major Francis L. Dade of Virginia, who was killed in the Second Seminole War in 1835.^[3]

^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 282.