Saline County, Missouri

Saline County
County
The Saline County Courthouse in Marshall
Location within the U.S. state of Missouri
Missouri's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 39°08′N 93°12′W / 39.14°N 93.2°W / 39.14; -93.2
Country	United States
State	Missouri
Founded	November 25, 1820
Named for	The salt springs in the region
Seat	Marshall
Largest city	Marshall
Area
• Total	767 sq mi (1,990 km2)
• Land	756 sq mi (1,960 km2)
• Water	11 sq mi (30 km2)  1.5%
Population  (2020)
• Total	23,333
• Density	30/sq mi (12/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	4th
Website	www.salinecountymo.org

Saline County is a county located along the Missouri River in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,333.^[1] Its county seat is Marshall.^[2] The county was established November 25, 1820, and named for the region's salt springs.

Settled primarily by migrants from the Upper South during the nineteenth century, this county was in the region bordering the Missouri River known as "Little Dixie". In the antebellum years, it had many plantations operated with the forced labor of enslaved workers. One-third of the county population was African American at the start of the American Civil War, but their proportion of the residents has declined dramatically to little more than five percent.

Saline County comprises the Marshall, Missouri Micropolitan Statistical Area.