Taylor County, Iowa

administration
The Taylor County Courthouse in Bedford, listed on the NRHP since 1981
US state :	Iowa
Administrative headquarters :	Bedford
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 405 Jefferson Street Bedford, IA 50833-1300
Foundation :	1847
Made up from:	Page County
Area code :	001 712
Demographics
Residents :	6317 (2010)
Population density :	4.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1385 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map

Website : taylorcountyiowa.org

The Taylor County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , the county had 6,317 people and a population density of 4.6 people per square kilometer. By 2013 the population decreased to 6161. The county seat is Bedford .

geography

The county is located in southwest Iowa, borders Missouri to the south and has an area of 1,385 square kilometers, of which two square kilometers are water.

The Platte River , a left tributary of the Missouri River, flows through the southeast of Taylor County .

The following neighboring counties border Taylor County:

Montgomery County	Adams County	Union County
Page County		Ringgold County
	Nodaway County Worth County, Missouri

history

Z. Taylor

Taylor County was formed in 1847 from former parts of Page County. It was named after Zachary Taylor (1784-1850), a general and twelfth President of the United States (1849-1850).

In 1851, a separate administration was set up for Taylor County in Bedford. After the administration offices and rooms for court hearings were housed in private homes in the first few years, a separate court and administration building was built in Bedford in 1864.

In 1891 the present building was built from bricks. This was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

population

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	204	-
1860	3590	1,659.8%
1870	6080	69.4%
1880	15,635	157.2%
1890	16,384	4.8%
1900	18,784	14.6%
1910	16,312	-13.2%
1920	15,514	-4.9%
1930	14,859	-4.2%
1940	14,258	-4%
1950	12,420	-12.9%
1960	10,288	-17.2%
1970	8790	-14.6%
1980	8353	-5%
1990	7114	-14.8%
2000	6958	-2.2%
2010	6317	-9.2%
2013 estimate	6161	-2.5%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010–2013

According to the 2010 census , Taylor County had 6,317 people in 2,687 households. The population density was 4.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.37 people each in the 2,687 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.1 percent white, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 5.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

23.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.0 percent were 65 years or older. 50.2 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 40,300 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,335. 11.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities

Citys and Census-designated places (CDP) :

place	Residents 2010	Residents 2013	Type
Bedford	1440	1406	City
Lenox ²	1407	1359	City
New Market	415	404	City
Clearfield ¹	363	357	City
Block tone	192	190	City
Gravity	188	186	City
Sharpsburg	89	88	City
Conway	41	40	City
Athlestan	19th	19th	CDP

^{1 - partly in Ringgold County

2 - partly in Adams County}

Other unincorporated communities not recorded separately from the census :

structure

Taylor County is divided into 17 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Bedford Township	1517	19-90171
Benton Township	146	19-90222
Clayton Township	97	19-90708
Dallas Township	606	19-90885
Gay township	80	19-91548
Grant Township	485	19-91710
Grove Township	134	19-91794
Holt Township	152	19-91971
Jackson Township	50	19-92163

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Jefferson Township	294	19-92259
Marshall Township	214	19-92883
Mason Township	164	19-92889
Nodaway Township	133	19-93126
Platte Township	1581	19-93348
Polk Township	127	19-93450
Ross Township	184	19-93705
Washington Township	353	19-94569

Individual evidence

↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 81000271. Retrieved March 18, 2015
↑ GNIS-ID: 465275. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
↑ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Taylor County, IA. Retrieved March 18, 2015
↑ ^a ^b National Association of Counties.Retrieved March 18, 2015
^ E-ReferenceDesk, Taylor County, Iowa (Source: Inventory of the County Archives of Iowa) Retrieved March 6, 2011
^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011
↑ Extract from Census.gov. Accessed February 16
↑ ^a ^b American Fact Finder. Retrieved March 18, 2015
↑ 2010 US Census Iowa Township and Other Subdivision Population. Retrieved July 23, 2019 .

Web links

Commons : Taylor County, Iowa - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

40.735833333333 -94.6925Coordinates: 40 ° 44 ′ N , 94 ° 42 ′ W

[1] Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 81000271. Retrieved March 18, 2015

[2] GNIS-ID: 465275. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[U.S._Census_Buero,_State_&_County_QuickFacts-3] U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Taylor County, IA. Retrieved March 18, 2015

[naco-4] National Association of Counties.Retrieved March 18, 2015

[5] E-ReferenceDesk, Taylor County, Iowa (Source: Inventory of the County Archives of Iowa) Retrieved March 6, 2011

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

[7] Extract from Census.gov. Accessed February 16

[American_Fact_Finder-8] American Fact Finder. Retrieved March 18, 2015

[9] 2010 US Census Iowa Township and Other Subdivision Population. Retrieved July 23, 2019 .