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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Putnam County, Mo.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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font-family:garamond,serif;">Putnam County information, links, and neighbors</p> <table width=100%><tr><td valign="top"> <p style="font-size:14pt;"><b>Putnam County information:</b></p> <table width=100% cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Population: <b>4,681</b> (2020); <b>4,979</b> (2010); <b>5,223</b> (2000); <b>5,079</b> (1990)</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Land area <b>518</b> square miles.</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  County seat: <b>Unionville</b></td></tr> </table> <p style="font-size:14pt;"><b>Links:</b></p> <table width=100% cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putnam_County,_Missouri">Wikipedia article on Putnam County</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  <a href="http://www.histopolis.com/Place/US/MO/Putnam_County">Histopolis page for Putnam County</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  <a href="http://courthousehistory.com/gallery/states/missouri/counties/putnam">Putnam County Courthouse images</a> from postcards at <a href="http://courthousehistory.com/">CourthouseHistory.com</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  <a href="http://ciclt.net/sn/clt/capitolimpact//gw_countydet.aspx?FIPS=29171&stfips=29&state=mo&stname=Missouri">Capital Impact: Putnam County</a> -- officials, addresses, and political, economic, education data</td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  <a href="http://www.rootsweb.com/~moputnam/">Putnam County MOGenWeb page</a> -- genealogical, historical information and queries<br>(if this link doesn't work, find the new one through the <a href="http://www.usgenweb.org/">USGenWeb national site</a>).</td></tr> </table> <p style="font-size:14pt;"><b>Neighboring areas:</b></p> <table width=100% cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Northeast: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/AP.html">Appanoose County, Iowa</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  East: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SY.html">Schuyler County</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Southeast: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/AD.html">Adair County</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Southwest: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SU.html">Sullivan County</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  West: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ME.html">Mercer County</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=10> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13>  Northwest: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/WY.html">Wayne County, Iowa</a></td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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