Douglas County, Missouri

Douglas County
Douglas County
County
	Douglas County courthouse in Ava
	Location within the U.S. state of Missouri
	Missouri's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 36°56′N 92°30′W / 36.93°N 92.5°W
Country	United States
State	Missouri
Founded	October 19, 1857
Named for	Stephen A. Douglas
Seat	Ava
Largest city	Ava
Area
• Total	815 sq mi (2,110 km2)
• Land	814 sq mi (2,110 km2)
• Water	1.0 sq mi (3 km2) 0.1%
Population (2020)
• Total	11,578
• Density	14/sq mi (5.5/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	8th

Douglas County is a county located in the south-central portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,578.^[1] The county seat and only incorporated community is Ava.^[2] The county was officially organized on October 19, 1857,^[3] and is named after U.S. Senator Stephen A. Douglas^[4] (D-Illinois) and later Democratic presidential candidate.

^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
^ "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. 165.
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 108.