Official Name: | Kinsey, Missouri |
Settlement Type: | unincorporated community |
Mapsize: | 250x200px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Missouri |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Sainte Genevieve |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Jackson |
Kinsey is an unincorporated community located in the central part of Jackson Township in Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri, United States. The town was named after William Metcalfe Kinsey, a congressman of St. Louis. Kinsey was born in Ohio, and came to Missouri in 1875, where he was elected congressman for the 10th district and became a leading Republican politician in the state.[1]