Pettis County is entitled to a historic name and has it and the name contains much history. It has been the custom, since the foundation of the American Government, to commemorate the names of heroes and men of brilliancy. Our county followed this precedent and took its name from one of the most brilliant men Missouri has ever honored, the Hon. Spencer Pettis. He was the third representative in congress from Missouri. The archives at Washington disclose this brief bit of history: “Spencer Pettis, St. Louis County, Missouri, elected August, 1828, for two years. Re-elected 1830. Killed in a duel with Biddle, August, 1831. Term of service, three years." When Pettis County was carved out of Saline and Cooper Counties, January 26, 1833, the people, with reverence, remembered the name of Spencer Pettis, their political hero and champion of their rights, and in honor to his memory named this county, Pettis.
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No night caching. The area maybe locked off some holidays
. Proceed to the posted coordinates to gather the needed info.
. N 38 41.ZYX W 93 15.WVU
Z = Missouri was just shy of -- years old when Pettis County was established minus four.
Y = The second digit of the year Missouri became a state.
X = First digit of how many people lived in Pettis County when it was formed minus 3.
W = The third digit of the year Pettis County Court moved to Georgetown.
V = The second digit of the year Sedville was established minus two.
U = The last two digits of the year Sedville was renamed Sedalia minus fifty eight.