Chariton County is a county located in the north-central portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,408. Its county seat is Keytesville. The county was organized November 16, 1820, from part of Howard County and is named for the Chariton River.
Keytesville is a city in and the county seat of Chariton County, Missouri, United States. The population was 440 as of the 2020 census. Keytesville is the hometown of U.S. Army General Maxwell D. Taylor, who commanded the "Screaming Eagles" 101st Airborne division during the Normandy invasion of World War II. Confederate General Sterling Price, who attacked Keytesville during an unsuccessful cavalry raid across his home state, had previously operated a hotel there.
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Little Dixie is a historic 13- to 17-county region along the Missouri River in central Missouri, United States. Its early Anglo-American settlers were largely migrants from the hemp and tobacco districts of Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee. They brought enslaved African Americans with them or purchased them as workers in the region. Because Southerners settled there first, the pre-Civil War culture of the region was similar to that of the Upper South. The area was also known as Boonslick country.
Yarrow is an unincorporated community in southwestern Adair County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Missouri Supplemental Route N, approximately ten miles southwest of Kirksville. Yarrow's post office has closed and mail now comes from Kirksville.
Prairie Hill is an unincorporated community in eastern Chariton County, Missouri, United States. The community is located at the intersection of Missouri routes W and HH approximately seven miles north-northeast of Salisbury. The Thomas Hill Reservoir dam is seven miles to the northeast in adjacent Randolph County.
Thousand Hills State Park is a public recreation area covering some 3,000 acres (1,200 ha) two miles (3.2 km) west of Kirksville in Adair County, Missouri. The state park features 703-acre (284 ha) Forest Lake and Native American petroglyphs.
The Chariton River is a 218-mile-long (351 km) tributary to the Missouri River in southeast Iowa and northeast Missouri. The river forms in southeastern Clarke County, Iowa. It is dammed at 11,000-acre (45 km2) Rathbun Reservoir in Appanoose County, Iowa and then flows 30 miles (48 km) before entering Missouri where it forms the boundary between Putnam and Schuyler counties. It enters the Missouri River in Chariton County near Keytesville. 112 miles (180 km) are in Missouri and 106 miles (171 km) are in Iowa. The river has been called Missouri's "Grand Divide" because streams west of the Chariton flow into the Missouri and streams east of it flow into the Mississippi River.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Chariton County, Missouri.
Cunningham is an unincorporated community in Chariton County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is approximately one mile south of Sumner. Swan Lake and the Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge are one-half mile to the south.
Hamden is an unincorporated community in Chariton County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
Indian Grove is an unincorporated community in Chariton County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
Lewis Mill is an unincorporated community in Chariton County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
Louisville is an unincorporated community in Chariton County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
Mike is an unincorporated community in Chariton County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
Newcomer is an unincorporated community in Chariton County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
Rockford is an unincorporated community in Chariton County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
Shannondale is an unincorporated community in Chariton County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
Wien is an unincorporated community in northeast Chariton County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is on Missouri Route 129 approximately 16 miles north of Salisbury.
Chariton is an unincorporated community in northeast Putnam County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
