Pettis County, Missouri (Fanning's, 1853)
Gazetteer/Almanac
PETTIS COUNTY, situated toward the west part of Missouri. Area, 600 square miles. Seat of justice, Georgetown. Pop. in 1840, 2,930; in 1850, 5,150.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 288.