This Page is about the county in Missouri,
for other counties with similar names, see Daviess County.
Daviess County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of 2000, the population was 8,016. Its county seat is Gallatin. The county was organized in 1836 and is named after Col. Joseph Hamilton Daviess of Kentucky, who was killed in 1811 at the Battle of Tippecanoe.
Jamesport has the largest Amish community in Missouri.
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This Page is about the county in Missouri,
for other counties with similar names, see Daviess County.
Daviess County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of 2000, the population was 8,016. Its county seat is Gallatin. The county was organized in 1836 and is named after Col. Joseph Hamilton Daviess of Kentucky, who was killed in 1811 at the Battle of Tippecanoe.
Jamesport has the largest Amish community in Missouri.
According to Mormon founder Joseph Smith, Jr. Daviess County at Adam-ondi-Ahman was the location where Adam and Eve relocated after being banished from the Garden of Eden. The site is to be a gathering spot prior to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.
Joseph Smith's revelation which came in 1838 -- two years after the county was organized -- spurred in an influx of Mormon settlers. Non-Mormon residents feared they were going to lose control of the county and attempted to prevent Mormons voting in the Gallatin election day battle. This was to be the first...
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