Lafayette County
Lafayette County is a county in the western portion of Missouri, part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 32,984. Its county seat is Lexington. The county was organized November 16, 1820, from Cooper County and originally named Lillard County for James Lillard of Tennessee, who served in the first state constitutional convention and first state legislature. It was renamed Lafayette County on February 16, 1825, in honor of Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de La Fayette, who was then visiting the United States.
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Cities and towns 14
- City of Alma pop. 398
- City of Concordia pop. 2,351
- City of Corder pop. 418
- City of Higginsville pop. 4,690
- City of Lake Lafayette pop. 283
- City of Lexington pop. 4,564
- City of Mayview pop. 212
- City of Napoleon pop. 211
- City of Odessa pop. 5,585
- City of Waverly pop. 778
- City of Wellington pop. 743
- Town of Aullville pop. 76
- Town of Dover pop. 85
- Village of Bates City pop. 220
Reference data (Census of Governments 2022)
- Census ID (PID6)
- 107562
- FIPS state
- 29
- FIPS county
- 107
- FIPS place
- 99107
- Census record name
- COUNTY OF LAFAYETTE
- Mailing address
- 1001 MAIN ST, LEXINGTON 64067