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=== Seal === {{Multiple image | total_width = 250 | image1 = Seal of St. Francois County, Missouri (2018β2022).png | caption1 = 2018β2022 | image2 = Seal of St. Francois County, Missouri.png | caption2 = 2022βpresent | align = left }} A former county seal, used from 2018 to 2022, was posted on the [[subreddit]] r/CrappyDesign where it received considerable attention and was covered by local and national news organizations. It was criticized for being "overdone" and "amateurish," though some said they felt it stood out and was "spontaneous."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Adler |first=Eric |date=January 5, 2022 |title=Missouri seal was the work of a county commissioner. The internet can't stop laughing |work=[[The Kansas City Star]] |url=https://www.kansascity.com/news/state/missouri/article257069227.html |access-date=May 21, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author1=Amelia Bamsey |date=January 11, 2022 |title=This might just be the worst logo we've ever seen |url=https://www.creativebloq.com/news/missouri-logo |access-date=May 22, 2023 |website=Creative Bloq |language=en}}</ref> The 2018 seal was designed during a weekend deadline by [[county commission]]er Harold Gallaher and incorporated components from an older 1982 seal designed by a high school student in [[needlework]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Salcedo |first=Andrea |date=January 12, 2022 |title=A Missouri county's 'cluttered' seal was ridiculed online. It prompted a global search for a replacement. |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/01/12/missouri-st-francoiscounty-seal-ridiculed-new-contest/ |access-date=May 21, 2023}}</ref> The seal was unanimously approved by the county commission and was used on government signage and vehicles.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jenkins |first=Kevin |date=March 19, 2018 |title=Commission unveils new county seal |url=https://dailyjournalonline.com/news/local/commission-unveils-new-county-seal/article_ddf3644d-68bd-57cb-a95e-691fc4d146a0.html |access-date=May 22, 2023 |website=Daily Journal Online |language=en}}</ref> The seal featured [[clip art]]-style<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sullivan |first=Becky |date=January 6, 2022 |title=A Missouri county asks for help designing a new seal after old one turns heads online |work=[[NPR]] |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/01/05/1070609215/county-seal-design-reddit |access-date=May 21, 2023}}</ref> images of a [[bald eagle]] atop the [[Flag of the United States|American flag]], a pickaxe and shovel, a [[Bible]] and [[Christian cross]], and an outline of the county. It also featured the phrase "[[In God We Trust|In God we trust]]" and the founding date of the county. In response to the attention it received, the county held a contest to redesign the seal. Gallaher requested that the redesign make reference to the [[Mark Twain National Forest|parks]] in the county as well as include elements from the old seal.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marberry |first=Mark |date=January 4, 2022 |title=Commission agrees to county seal redesign, contest |url=https://dailyjournalonline.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/commission-agrees-to-county-seal-redesign-contest/article_5b98cff7-7e6a-5e75-a8da-75cf8b832e05.html |access-date=May 22, 2023 |website=Daily Journal Online |language=en}}</ref> The county received 264<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Finch Wins County Seal Contest |url=https://www.kfmo.com/news/finch-wins-county-seal-contest |access-date=May 22, 2023 |website=www.kfmo.com |language=en-gb}}</ref> or 282<ref>{{Cite web |title=St. Francois County Seal Finalists |url=https://www.kfmo.com/news/st-francois-county-seal-finalists |access-date=May 22, 2023 |website=www.kfmo.com |language=en-gb}}</ref> entries from 33 counties and 35 states, of which three finalists were chosen. Some included the St. Francois County Courthouse and referenced the county's [[Missouri Mines State Historic Site|mining history]]. The winning design was submitted by Bryan Finch, a graphic designer from [[Farmington, Missouri]], a city in St. Francois County.<ref name=":0" />
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