Johnson County, MO

Headnote
JOHNSON COUNTY, situated in the westerly part of Missouri. Area, 785 square miles. Seat of justice, Warrensburgh. Pop. in 1840, 4,471; in 1850, 7,464. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Missouri

Johnson County, Missouri (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
JOHNSON COUNTY, situated in the westerly part of Missouri. Area, 785 square miles. Seat of justice, Warrensburgh. Pop. in 1840, 4,471; in 1850, 7,464.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 175.
Date Type
In central Missouri, Union forces capture hundreds of newly recruited Missouri State Guardsmen Battles/Soldiers
In western Missouri, Missouri Union cavalry drive off the Missourians raiders of William C. Quantrill Battles/Soldiers
Name Type
Warrensburg, MO City or Town
Date Title
Colonel Charles R. Jennison, Proclamation to the People of Eastern Missouri, November 26, 1861
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