Greene County, Missouri

Greene County is a county in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 298,915,[1] making it the fourth-most populous county in Missouri. The county seat is Springfield.[2] The county was founded in 1833 and is named after American Revolutionary War General Nathanael Greene.[3]

References

  1. "QuickFacts: Greene County, Missouri". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
  2. "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  3. Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 170.
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