Speed, Missouri (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Speed is an unincorporated town in Palestine Township, Cooper County, Missouri, USA. Cooper County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. In 2010, the population was 17,601. Its county seat is Boonville. The county was organized in 1818 and is named for Sarshall Cooper, a frontier settler who was killed by Indians near Arrow Rock in 1814.According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of 570.22 square miles (1,476.9 km2), of which 565.03 square miles (1,463.4 km2) (or 99.09%) is land and 5.19 square miles (13.4 km2) (or 0.91%) is water.