Schuyler County, Missouri

Schuyler County
Schuyler County
County
	Schuyler County court house in Lancaster
	Location within the U.S. state of Missouri
	Missouri's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 40°28′N 92°31′W / 40.47°N 92.52°W
Country	United States
State	Missouri
Founded	February 14, 1845
Named for	Philip Schuyler
Seat	Lancaster
Largest city	Lancaster
Area
• Total	308 sq mi (800 km2)
• Land	307 sq mi (800 km2)
• Water	0.9 sq mi (2 km2) 0.3%
Population (2020)
• Total	4,032
• Density	13/sq mi (5.1/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	6th

Schuyler County is a county located in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,032,^[1] making it the fourth-least populous county in Missouri. Its county seat is Lancaster.^[2] The county was organized February 14, 1845, from Adair County, and named for General Philip Schuyler, delegate to the Continental Congress and U.S. Senator from New York.^[3]

USS Schuyler, a World War II-era cargo ship, was named in part for Schuyler County, Missouri.

^ "2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
^ "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. 361.