Dunklin County, Missouri

Dunklin County
Dunklin County
County
	Dunklin County Courthouse in Kennett
	Location within the U.S. state of Missouri
	Missouri's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 36°16′N 90°05′W / 36.27°N 90.09°W
Country	United States
State	Missouri
Founded	February 14, 1845
Named for	Daniel Dunklin
Seat	Kennett
Largest city	Kennett
Area
• Total	547 sq mi (1,420 km2)
• Land	541 sq mi (1,400 km2)
• Water	6.1 sq mi (16 km2) 1.1%
Population (2020)
• Total	28,283
• Density	52/sq mi (20/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	8th
Website	dunklincounty.org

Dunklin County is located in the Bootheel of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,283.^[1] The largest city and county seat is Kennett.^[2] The county was officially organized on February 14, 1845,^[3] and is named in honor of Daniel Dunklin,^[4] a Governor of Missouri who died the year before the county was organized.

Dunklin County comprises the Kennett, MO Micropolitan Statistical Area.

^ "Explore Census Data". Data.census.gov. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 165.
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 110.