| 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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