Greene County, Missouri

Greene County is a county in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 275,174,[1] making it the fourth-most populous county in Missouri. The county seat is Springfield.[2] The county was founded in 1833 and is named after American Revolutionary War General Nathanael Greene.[3]

References
  1. "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
  2. "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  3. Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 170.


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