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Putnam County is a county located in North Central Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 4,979.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/29/29171.html )〕 Its county seat is Unionville.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The county was organized February 28, 1845 and named for Israel Putnam, a hero in the French and Indian War and a general in the American Revolutionary War. Putnam County was established February 28, 1845 from parts of Adair and Sullivan counties. The following year a portion of Putnam was removed to form of Dodge County. Both Putnam and Dodge extended nearly nine miles further north until a 18561 ruling by the Supreme Court on a border dispute with Iowa assigned the contested land to Iowa. Both counties were left with less than the statutory minimum area for a county as set by the state legislature, so Dodge County was dissolved and its area added to Putnam.〔Missouri State Historical Society marker, 1958〕 In its early years, the county seat changed frequently, often with contentious debate. Putnamville, Bryant Station (both no longer in existence), and Hartford all served until a central location called Harmony, later renamed Unionville, was chosen.〔http://thelibrary.org/lochist/moser/putnampl.html〕 In the 1860 U.S. Census Putnam County had 9,240 residents, with eighteen sawmills and three flour mills.〔''The Missouri Handbook'' by P.M. Pinckard. Published 1865〕 Coal had been an abundant since its earliest settlement. Following the arrival of the Burlington & Southwestern Railway in 1873, coal mining became a major industry, especially in the east of the county. At one time three railroads crossed Putnam county: the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul; the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy; and the Iowa and St. Louis.〔''A History of Northeast Missouri'', Vol.1 Chapter 25. Published 1913.〕 Putnam County lost over two-thirds of its population between the years 1900 and 2000 (see census data below), when the United States changed from a rural to an urban country. ==Geography== According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.4%) is water. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Putnam County, Missouri」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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