Chariton County, Missouri
Chariton County was settled primarily from the states of the Upper South, especially Kentucky and Tennessee.They brought slaves and slaveholding traditions with them, and they quickly started cultivating crops similar to those in Middle Tennessee and Kentucky: hemp and tobacco.Chariton was one of several counties settled mostly by southerners to the north and south of the Missouri River.Given their culture and traditions, this area became known as Little Dixie and Chariton County was at its heart.Senator Hillary Clinton (D-New York) received more votes, a total of 786, than any candidate from either party in Chariton County during the 2008 presidential primary.
CountyMissouriNamed forChariton RiverKeytesvilleSalisburyTime zoneUTC−6CentralUTC−5U.S. state2020 censuscounty seatHoward CountyUpper SouthKentuckyTennesseeslavesMiddle TennesseetobaccoMissouri RiverLittle DixieConfederateAmerican Civil WarU.S. Census BureauLinn CountyMacon CountyRandolph CountySaline CountyCarroll CountyLivingston CountyU.S. Route 24Route 5Route 11Route 129Route 139Swan Lake National Wildlife Refugecensuspopulation densityAfrican AmericanNative Americanother racesHispanicLatinoGermanAmericanEnglishmarried couplesper capita incomepoverty lineBlack or African AmericanPacific IslanderOther/MixedBrunswickMendonRoman CatholicDaltonMarcelineRothvilleSumnerTriplettBynumvilleCunninghamForest GreenGuthridgeHamdenIndian GroveLagondaLewis MillLouisvilleMusselforkNewcomerPrairie HillRockfordShannondaleSnyderWestvilleFort OrleansJane Hadley BarkleyAlben BarkleyJohn DonaldsonNegro league baseballno-hittersJ. William FulbrightU.S. SenatorFulbright ScholarshipCal HubbardPro Football Hall of FameMajor League BaseballVern KennedyDarold KnowlesWayne E. MeyerW. James MorganBurning of Platte CityFloyd B. ParksU.S. MarineNavy CrossVMF-221Battle of MidwaySterling PriceCivil WarSol Smith RussellWilbur SweatmanRagtimeDixieland jazzMaxwell D. TaylorAssessorCircuit ClerkCounty ClerkCollectorCommissionerCoronerProsecuting AttorneyPublic AdministratorRecorderSheriffTreasurerRepublicanDemocraticThird PartiesMissouri House of RepresentativesCarrolltonBoonvilleIndependentMissouri SenateShelbina