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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