Daviess County, Missouri
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Daviess County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,430. Its county seat is Gallatin. The county was organized December 29, 1836, from Ray Cou
Daviess County Courthouse in Gallatin
Jamesport, Missouri
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Jamesport is a city in eastern Daviess County, Missouri, United States. The population was 559 at the 2020 census.
Daviess County, Missouri
…named for Major Joseph Hamilton Daveiss, a soldier from Kentucky who was killed in 1811 at the Battle of Tippecanoe. The county includes the town of Jamesport, which has the largest Amish community in Missouri. Latter Day Saint movement founder Joseph Smith taught that Adam-ondi-Ahman, in the central part of…
Aerial view of Jamesport, Missouri
Amish horse and buggy in Jamesport
Main Street of Jamesport