Some of the cities, towns, and places in Cooper County are Bellair, Blackwater, Boonville, Bunceton, Clark Fork, Clear Creek, Clifton City, Kelly, Lamine, Lebanon, North Moniteau, Otterville, Palestine, Pilot Grove, Pisgah, Prairie Home, Saline, South Moniteau, Speed, Windsor Place, Wooldridge
Cooper County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 17,601. Its county seat is Boonville. The county was organized December 17, 1818 and named for Sarshell Cooper, a frontier settler who was killed by Native Americans near Arrow Rock in 1814. It is a part of the Columbia, Missouri metropolitan area.