Bates County Missouri Home County Offices Public Announcements Info Pages Contact Us Court Information Township Info Job Opportunities Bates County Sheriff’s Office Go Back to the Homepage / Bates County Sheriff’s Office Sheriff’s Department 6 West Ft. Scott Street Butler, MO 64730 Sheriff: Chad Anderson For Emergencies Call 911 Non-Emergency call (660) 679-3232 Responsibilities: Provide Rural Law Enforcement, Jail Management, Crime Investigation, Court Service Please click for for the Sheriff’s Department Web Site and more information Search Our Website Bates County Offices Battle Of Island Mound Meta Log in Entries feed Comments feed Copyright © 2020 Bates County Missouri - Website hosting and development by World Visions Internet Services, LLC Home Bates County Information Pages Cemeteries Bates County Commission Contact Us County Facts County Financials County Offices Court Information Elections Information History Links Maps Public Announcements Schools Tourism Towns in the County Bates County Recorder

Bates County Missouri Home County Offices Public Announcements Info Pages Contact Us Court Information Township Info Job Opportunities County Facts Go Back to the Homepage / County Facts County Facts Bates County is located on the west central border of Missouri, has 17,075 population and a population density of 20 people per square mile. The population is more concentrated in the cities of Adrian, Amoret, Amsterdam, Butler – the county seat, Drexel, Hume, Foster, Merwin, Passaic, Rich Hill and Rockville. Photo by Ernie Koehn ________________________________ Bates County has a land area measuring 849 square miles, and of the 114 counties in the state of Missouri, Bates is the sixth largest county. Being agriculturally diverse, it has the following rankings among Missouri’s counties: 2011 Beef Cows 5 Cattle & Calves 6 Wheat Production 11 Hay Production 8 Soybean Production 12 Corn Production 13 Beef cows 36,500 head, cattle & calves 45,500 head. Wheat production 53 bushel/acre, Hay production 141,000 tons. Soybean production 29 bushel/acre, Corn production 119 bushel/acre. Average annual precipitation for the county is 41.85 inches, with June being the wettest month averaging almost 6 inches and February being the driest month with 1.5 inches. The average annual snowfall is 14 inches. Temperature averages range from 29.9 degrees in January to 78.6 degrees in July. Our Elementary Schools participated in an election to choose the County’s bird, tree and flower. The winners: the Northern Cardinal, the Redbud tree and the Shooting Star flower. Search Our Website Bates County Offices Battle Of Island Mound Meta Log in Entries feed Comments feed Copyright © 2020 Bates County Missouri - Website hosting and development by World Visions Internet Services, LLC Home Bates County Information Pages Cemeteries Bates County Commission Contact Us County Facts County Financials County Offices Court Information Elections Information History Links Maps Public Announcements Schools Tourism Towns in the County Bates County Recorder