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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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