Caldwell County, Missouri

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Caldwell County, Missouri
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Location in the state of Missouri
Missouri's location in the USA
Statistics
Founded	1836
Seat	Kingston
Area - Total - Land - Water	sq mi ( km²) sq mi ( km²) sq mi ( km²),
Population - (2000) - Density	8,969
Time zone	Central : UTC-6/-5
Named for: Mathew Caldwell, commander of Indian Scouts in Kentucky

Caldwell County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of 2000, the population is 8,969. Its county seat is Kingston ⁶. The county was organized in 1836 and named after Mathew Caldwell, commander of Indian Scouts in Kentucky.

Caldwell is part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area

1 Geography
- 1.1 Adjacent counties
- 1.2 Major highways
2 Cities and towns

[edit] Geography

[edit] Adjacent counties

Daviess County (north)
Livingston County (east)
Carroll County (southeast)
Ray County (south)
Clinton County (west)
DeKalb County (northwest)

[edit] Major highways

[edit] Cities and towns

Metropolitan area of Kansas City

Central City: Kansas City, Missouri
Largest cities (over 100,000 in 2000): Independence • Kansas City, Kansas • Olathe • Overland Park
Medium-sized cities (10,000 to 100,000 in 2000): Blue Springs • Belton • Excelsior Springs • Gladstone • Grandview • Lansing • Leawood • Leavenworth • Lee's Summit • Lenexa • Liberty • Merriam • Ottawa • Prairie Village • Raymore • Raytown • Shawnee
Counties: Jackson • Clay • Cass • Platte • Lafayette • Ray • Clinton • Bates • Caldwell • Johnson • Wyandotte • Leavenworth • Miami • Franklin • Linn

	State of Missouri Jefferson City (capital)
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Regions	Bootheel \| Dissected Till Plains \| Greater Kansas City \| Greater St. Louis \| Lead Belt \| Lincoln Hills \| Little Dixie \| Loess Hills \| Mississippi Alluvial Plain \| Missouri Rhineland \| Northern Plains \| Osage Plains \| Ozark Plateau \| Platte Purchase \| St. Francois Mountains
Metropolitan areas	Columbia \| Jefferson City \| Joplin \| Kansas City \| Springfield \| St. Joseph \| St. Louis
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