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    Lafayette County, Missouri. Skip to main content. 1001 Main St. | Lexington, MO 64067 (660) 259-4315 County Offices will be closed Monday, 10/14 in observance of the federal holiday--Columbus Day. Language. English. Afrikaans. Albanian. Arabic. Armenian.

  2. Lillard County was organized along with seven other counties at the beginning of 1821. Mount Vernon was the temporary count seat of the county. February 16, 1825 brought the name change of Lillard County to Lafayette, after Marquis de La Fayette's visit to the United States. The permanent seat of Lafayette County was placed in the "Old Town" of ...

  3. lafayettecountymo.gov › government › countyLafayette County, Missouri

    County Commission. The Lafayette County Commission For the benefit of the executive branch and members and staff of the general assembly, in determining local needs in appropriation of funds of the state, the county commissioners in all counties of the second, third and fourth class shall file with the office of administration, the oversight ...

  4. FIPS code. 29-23842 [3] GNIS feature ID. 0717869 [4] Website. cityoffayettemo.com. Fayette is a city in and the county seat of Howard County, Missouri, United States. [5] It is part of the Columbia, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city's population was 2,803 at the 2020 census.

  5. The capital, Jefferson City, fell to Union forces on June 15, 1861, and two days later the Battle of Boonville was fought. Bull Run, the so-called first battle of the Civil War, was still five weeks off. The Federals won the battle and quickly occupied key Missouri River towns, including several in the central Missouri area.

  6. February 5, 1998. Fayette Courthouse Square Historic District is a national historic district located at Fayette, Howard County, Missouri. The district encompasses 35 contributing buildings in the central business district of Fayette. It developed between about 1828 and 1947 and includes representative examples of Second Empire, Italianate, and ...

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  8. Lafayette County is a county in the western portion of Missouri, part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. [1] As of the 2020 census, the population was 32,984. [2] Its county seat is Lexington. [3] The county was organized November 16, 1820, from Cooper County and originally named Lillard County for James Lillard of Tennessee, who served in ...