Wright County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 18,815.^[1] Its county seat is Hartville.^[2] The county was officially organized on January 29, 1841, and is named after Silas Wright (D-New York), a former Congressman, U.S. Senator and Governor of New York.^[3] As of 2020, Wright County is the median population center of the 48 contiguous states of the United States.^{[4]  Wickipedia}