Kinsey is an

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located in the central part of Jackson Township in Sainte Genevieve County,

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, United States. The town was named after William Metcalfe Kinsey, a congressman of St. Louis. Kinsey was born in

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, and came to Missouri in 1875, where he was elected congressman for the 10th district and became a leading Republican politician in the state.State Historical Society of Missouri: Ste. Genevieve County http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_sainte_genevieve.html

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