Laclede County, Missouri

Laclede County
Laclede County
County
	Laclede County Courthouse in Lebanon
	Location within the U.S. state of Missouri
	Missouri's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 37°40′N 92°35′W / 37.66°N 92.59°W
Country	United States
State	Missouri
Founded	February 24, 1849
Named for	Pierre Laclede
Seat	Lebanon
Largest city	Lebanon
Area
• Total	768 sq mi (1,990 km2)
• Land	765 sq mi (1,980 km2)
• Water	3.3 sq mi (9 km2) 0.4%
Population (2020)
• Total	36,039
• Density	47/sq mi (18/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	4th
Website	lacledecountymissouri.org

Laclede County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 36,039.^[1] Its county seat is Lebanon.^[2] The county was organized February 24, 1849, and was named after Pierre Laclède, founder of St. Louis.^[3]

Laclede County comprises the Lebanon, MO Micropolitan Statistical Area.

^ "Laclede County, Missouri". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 182.