Chariton County

administration
Chariton County Courthouse
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Keytesville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 306 S Cherry Keytesville, MO 65261
Foundation :	November 16, 1820
Made up from:	Howard County
Area code :	001 660
Demographics
Residents :	7831 (2010)
Population density :	4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1990 km²
Water surface :	32 km²
map

The Chariton County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 the county had 7,831 people and a population density of 4 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Keytesville , named after James Keyte , the city's founder.

geography

The county is located northwest of the geographic center of Missouri on the north bank of the Missouri River . It has an area of 1990 square kilometers, of which 32 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Chariton County:

Livingston County	Linn County	Macon County
Carroll County		Randolph County
Saline County		Howard County

Protected areas

The Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	1780	-
1840	4746	166.6%
1850	7514	58.3%
1860	12,562	67.2%
1870	19,136	52.3%
1880	25,224	31.8%
1890	26,254	4.1%
1900	26,826	2.2%
1910	23,503	-12.4%
1920	21,769	-7.4%
1930	19,588	-10%
1940	18,084	-7.7%
1950	14,944	-17.4%
1960	12,720	-14.9%
1970	11,084	-12.9%
1980	10,489	-5.4%
1990	9202	-12.3%
2000	8438	-8.3%
2010	7831	-7.2%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

In the northwest of Chariton County's Chariton County is the Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge , a nature reserve classified as a National Wildlife Refuge .

history

Chariton County was formed on November 16, 1820 from parts of Howard County. It was named after the Chariton River .

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , Chariton County had 7,831 people in 3,145 households. The population density was 4 people per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.39 people in each of the 3145 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.5 percent white, 2.2 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.6 percent of the population.

22.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.6 percent were 65 years or older. 50.8 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 41,558 USD . The per capita income was $ 19,978. 14.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Chariton County

Citys

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partly in Howard County

2 - partly in Linn County}

structure

Chariton County is divided into 15 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Bee Branch Township	302	29-03952
Bowling Green Township	109	29-07624
Brunswick Township	1383	29-09064
Chariton Township	246	29-13204
Clark Township	456	29-14014
Cockrell Township	174	29-15238
Cunningham Township	217	29-17776
Keytesville Township	918	29-38504

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Mendon Township	308	29-47306
Musselfork Township	344	29-50924
Salisbury Township	2504	29-65468
Salt Creek Township	181	29-65486
Triplet Township	163	29-73888
Wayland Township	157	29-77902
Yellow Creek Township	369	29-81286

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 758475. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

↑ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Chariton County, MO. Retrieved October 19, 2012

^ ^A ^b National Association of Counties.Retrieved October 19, 2012

^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011

^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 18, 2011

↑ Missouri Census Data Center ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 19, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / mcdc.missouri.edu

Web links

Commons : Chariton County, Missouri - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

www.city-data.com - Chariton County, MO

39.519998 -92.959995Coordinates: 39 ° 31 ′ N , 92 ° 58 ′ W

[1] GNIS-ID: 758475. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[U.S._Census_Buero,_State_&_County_QuickFacts-2] U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Chariton County, MO. Retrieved October 19, 2012

[naco-3] A ^b National Association of Counties.Retrieved October 19, 2012

[4] US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011

[5] Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 18, 2011