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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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