Franklin County, Missouri

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Franklin County Courthouse
Franklin County Courthouse
administration
US state : Missouri
Administrative headquarters : union
Address of the
administrative headquarters:
County Courthouse
300 East Main Street
Union, MO 63084-1675
Foundation : December 11, 1818
Made up from: St. Louis County
Area code : 001 636
Demographics
Residents : 101,492  (2010)
Population density : 42.5 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 2410 km²
Water surface : 20 km²
map
Map of Franklin County within Missouri
Website : www.franklinmo.org

The Franklin County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 101,492 people and a population density of 42.5 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Union .

Franklin County is part of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area .

geography

The county is located in east Missouri on the south bank of the lower Missouri River . It is about 25 miles from Illinois and covers an area of ​​2,410 square kilometers, of which 20 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Franklin County:

Warren County St. Charles County ,
St. Louis County
Gasconade County Compass card (de) .svg Jefferson County
Crawford County Washington County

history

B. Franklin
Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1820 2379 -
1830 3484 46.4%
1840 7515 115.7%
1850 11,021 46.7%
1860 18,085 64.1%
1870 30,098 66.4%
1880 26,534 -11.8%
1890 28,056 5.7%
1900 30,581 9%
1910 29,830 -2.5%
1920 28,427 -4.7%
1930 30,519 7.4%
1940 33,868 11%
1950 36,046 6.4%
1960 44,566 23.6%
1970 55,116 23.7%
1980 71,233 29.2%
1990 80,603 13.2%
2000 93,807 16.4%
2010 101,492 8.2%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Franklin County was formed on December 11, 1818 from former parts of St. Louis County. It was named after Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), one of the founding fathers of the United States.

60 buildings and sites in the county are on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 5, 2018).

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , Franklin County had 101,492 people in 38,104 households. The population density was 42.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.60 people lived in each of the 38,104 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.8 percent white, 0.8 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.4 percent of the population.

24.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.8 percent were 65 years or older. 50.4 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 49,034  USD . The per capita income was $ 23,469. 11.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Franklin County localities

Citys

0

Villages

Census-designated places (CDP)

Unincorporated Communities

1 - partly in St. Louis County
2 - partly in Crawford County

structure

Franklin County is divided into twelve townships :

Township Population
(2010)
FIPS
Boeuf Township 2246    29-06796
Boles Township 18,108    29-06958
Boone Township 5401    29-07192
Calvey Township 5362    29-10630
Central Township 14.054    29-12754
Lyon township 3816    29-44714
Meramec Township 9382    29-47396
New Haven Township 2089    29-51932
Prairie Township 4034    29-59528
St. John's Township 5078    29-64496
Union Township 17,940    29-74644
Washington Township 13,982    29-77434

See also

Individual evidence

  1. GNIS-ID: 758490. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Franklin County, MO ( Memento of the original from July 10, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 23, 2012  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / quickfacts.census.gov
  3. ^ A b National Association of Counties.Retrieved October 24, 2012
  4. ^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011
  5. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 18, 2011
  6. Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 5, 2018.
  7. Missouri Census Data Center  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 24, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / mcdc.missouri.edu  

Web links

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Coordinates: 38 ° 25 ′  N , 91 ° 5 ′  W