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| | A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets of Missouri |
 | | Prior to the organization of Clark County, the territory now comprising it consisted of the civil townships of Jefferson, Des Moines and Jackson, all of which were attached to and formed a part of Lewis County. |
 | | The county was organized in accordance with an act of the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, entitled "an act to organize the County of Clark," approved December 16, 1836. |
 | | On the 7th day of July, 1847, a petition was presented to the county court, praying for the removal of the county seat from Waterloo to Alexandria, and on the 5th day of the following month, a remonstrance against the petition, and also a motion to dismiss it was filed. |
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