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Lincoln County,
Missouri
Lincoln
County, Missouri, was
formed from St. Charles County, and
named for Benjamin Lincoln, a general in the
Revolutionary War. When it was organized in
December 1818, the population was just over
14,000. Today, nearly 40,000 call Lincoln
County home.
The county seat is Troy,
one of the fastest growing cities in the
state, with just over 7,000 residents. Inside
the city limits are four parks, and the town
is just three miles from a Missouri state
park. Other cities and towns of note: Cave,
Elsberry, Foley, Hawk Point, Moscow Mills, Old
Monroe, Silex,, Truxton, Whiteside and
Winfield.
Cuivre
River State Park provides a nice
break from the mostly agricultural scenery of
Lincoln County, with more than 6000 acres of
woods, creeks and grasslands, and 38 miles of
trails – nearly half of which are open to
horseback riding. There’s swimming, boating
and fishing in Lake Lincoln, plenty of
campsites, and two wild areas and three
natural sites noted for their high-quality
ecosystems.
In addition to numerous parochial schools,
preschools, and daycare centers, higher
education in Lincoln County may be pursued at St.
Charles County Community College, Lindenwood
University in St. Charles; and Missouri
Baptist College. A satellite branch
of Missouri Baptist is located in Moscow
Mills.
Of course, flowing past it all is the
Mississippi River, where residents watch the
eagles flock in the winter, and ferry across
it to the western Illinois orchards in the
fall.
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