Missouri Laws 174.010 – State divided into seven college districts
For the purpose of establishing state teachers colleges and state colleges the state is divided into seven districts as follows:
(1) The counties of Bates, Benton, Camden, Cass, Cole, Cooper, Henry, Hickory, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, Maries, Miller, Moniteau, Morgan, Osage, Pettis, Phelps, Pulaski, St. Clair and Saline shall constitute the first district.
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 174.010
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(2) The counties lying south of the Missouri River and east of a line beginning at the northwest corner of Gasconade County and running south with the western boundaries of Gasconade, Crawford, and Dent counties, thence east along the northern border of Shannon County to Reynolds County, thence south along western boundaries of Reynolds, Carter and Ripley counties to the state line, shall constitute the second district.
(3) The counties of Barry, Barton, Christian, Cedar, Dade, Dallas, Douglas, Greene, Howell, Jasper, Laclede, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton, Oregon, Ozark, Polk, Shannon, Stone, Taney, Texas, Vernon, Webster and Wright shall constitute the third district.
(4) The counties of Atchison, Andrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Holt, Livingston, Mercer, Nodaway, Platte, Ray and Worth shall constitute the fourth district.
(5) The fifth district shall be coterminous with that of the Missouri Western Junior College district as it existed on January 1, 1966.
(6) The sixth district shall be coterminous with that of the Jasper County Junior College district as it existed on January 1, 1966.
(7) The county of St. Louis and the city of St. Louis shall constitute the seventh district.