 dunklin county is a county located in the bootheel of the u.s. state of missouri. as of the 2010 census, the population was 31,953. the largest city and county seat is kennett. the county was officially organized on february 14, 1845, and is named in honor of daniel dunklin, a governor of missouri who died the year before the county was organized. dunklin county comprises the kennett, mo micropolitan statistical area. ==geography== according to the u.s. census bureau, the county has a total area of , of which  is land and  (1.1%) is water. the lowest point in the state of missouri is located on the st. francis river in buffalo township in dunklin county, where it flows out of missouri and into arkansas. ===adjacent counties===  *stoddard county (north) *new madrid county (northeast) *pemiscot county (east) *mississippi county, arkansas (southeast) *craighead county, arkansas (south) *greene county, arkansas (southwest) *clay county, arkansas (west) *butler county (northwest)  ==demographics== {{us census population |1850=1229 |1860=5026 |1870=5982 |1880=9604 |1890=15085 |1900=21706 |1910=30328 |1920=32773 |1
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