Lincoln County, Missouri is a county located in east central Missouri in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 52,566. It is 640 square miles. The county seat is Troy. Lincoln County is located 55 miles northwest of downtown St. Louis, Missouri and just 10 minutes from the Interstate 70/40 corridor. Running directly through Lincoln County is US Highway 61 which is part of the Avenue of the Saints corridor. The Avenue of the Saints is a 563-mile-long (906 km) highway in the Midwestern United States that is the main route north and south and connects St. Paul, Minnesota and St. Louis,
- Missouri Economic Research and Information Center (MERIC)
http://www.missourieconomy.org/regional/profile/?ac=2915000003 - United States Census Bureau
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/29/29113.html - Office of Social and Economic Analysis
http://mcdc2.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/broker?_PROGRAM=websas.cntypage.sas&_SERVICE=appdev&_debug=0&county=29113 - Boonslick Regional Planning Commission Regional Demographics
http://boonslick.org/regional-demographics/