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Audrain
County Economic Development
 Audrain County is a rural county in Missouri with a population of
23,599 which has enjoyed an economic revitalization in the late 1980's and 1990's that has
made it the envy of rural counties in the Midwest. Audrain County is centrally located in
Missouri and is located within 90 minutes of St. Louis and less than 3 hours from
Kansas City. Because of Audrain County’s strategic location to the four lane highways
of U.S. Highway 54 and Interstate I-70, Audrain County has enjoyed the migration of
several major manufacturing companies. Manufacturing has become increasing important in
the county to the point of rivaling agriculture in economic importance. The county also
enjoys a major rail head for the shipping of goods and products by train. Mexico, the county seat has an
unregulated FAA airport with two runways of 3200 and 5500 feet which gives it corporate
jet landing capability. Audrain County has seen a significant increase in technology with
arrival of several manufacturing firms. A few of the products produced by major county
manufactures are : frozen bread dough, pharmaceuticals, plastic molded optics, copper
magnet wire, light experimental airplane kits, vinyl windows, and refractories products.
In 1997, a Telecommunication Community Resource Center (TCRC) was opened in Audrain
County. The TCRC provides Audrain
County manufacturers and businesses with access to state of the art technology with
Interactive video classroom capability, computer training facilities, and satellite
downlink capabilities. Please contact Virgil
Woolridge, Audrain County Business and Industry Specialist, University and Outreach
and Extension, 101 N. Jefferson, Room 304, Mexico, Missouri
pertaining to business and industry opportunities in Audrain County.
Business and Economic Websites
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