Gentry County, Missouri

Gentry County
Gentry County
County
	Gentry County Courthouse in Albany
	Location within the U.S. state of Missouri
	Missouri's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 40°13′N 94°25′W / 40.22°N 94.41°W
Country	United States
State	Missouri
Founded	February 14, 1841
Named for	Richard Gentry
Seat	Albany
Largest city	Albany
Area
• Total	492 sq mi (1,270 km2)
• Land	491 sq mi (1,270 km2)
• Water	0.3 sq mi (0.8 km2) 0.06%
Population (2020)
• Total	6,162
• Density	13/sq mi (4.8/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	6th
Website	gentrycounty.net

Gentry County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,162.^[1] Its county seat is Albany.^[2] The county was organized February 14, 1841^[3] and named for Colonel Richard Gentry^[4] of Boone County, who fell in the Seminole War in 1837.

^ "2020 Population and Housing State Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 18, 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. 169.
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 136.