Cole County, Missouri

[3] Cole County is in the Jefferson City, MO Metropolitan Statistical Area.

In 2010, the center of the population of Missouri was in Cole County, near the village of Wardsville.

[13][14] The current JCCC was opened on September 15, 2004, replacing the Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City.

In 2004, state residents voted on a constitutional amendment to define marriage as the union between a man and a woman.

The Republican Party controls politics at the local level in Cole County.

The Democratic Party do not hold any elected positions on the county level.

Cole County is divided into five legislative districts in the Missouri House of Representatives, all of which elected Republicans.

Senator and President Barack Obama (D-Illinois) received more votes, a total of 4,642, than any candidate from either party in Cole County during the 2008 presidential primary.

Map of Missouri highlighting Cole County