Atchison County, Missouri

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administration
US state : Missouri
Administrative headquarters : Rock port
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
P.O. Box 280
Rock Port, MO 64482-0280
Foundation : February 23, 1843
Made up from: Holt County
Area code : 001 660
Demographics
Residents : 5685  (2010)
Population density : 4 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1415 km²
Water surface : 7 km²
map
Map of Atchison County within Missouri

The Atchison County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 5,685 people and a population density of 4 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Rock Port .

geography

The county is located in the far northwest of Missouri and borders Iowa to the north . In the west, the Missouri forms the border with Nebraska . Atchison County covers an area of ​​1,415 square kilometers, of which seven square kilometers are water. It borders on the following neighboring counties:

Otoe County,
Nebraska 		Fremont County,
Iowa 		Page County,
Iowa
Nemaha County,
Nebraska 		Compass card (de) .svg Nodaway County
Richardson County,
Nebraska 		Holt County

history

DR Atchison
Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1850 1678 -
1860 4649 177.1%
1870 8440 81.5%
1880 14,556 72.5%
1890 15,533 6.7%
1900 16,501 6.2%
1910 13,604 -17.6%
1920 13.008 -4.4%
1930 13,421 3.2%
1940 12,897 -3.9%
1950 11,127 -13.7%
1960 9213 -17.2%
1970 9240 0.3%
1980 8605 -6.9%
1990 7457 -13.3%
2000 6430 -13.8%
2010 5685 -11.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

The area of ​​what is now Atchison County was ceded to the United States by the Indians who had previously settled there in 1836 as part of the Platte Purchase and in 1837 it was added to the State of Missouri.

Atchison County was formed on February 23, 1843 from former parts of the then larger Holt County. The newly formed county was named after David Rice Atchison (1807-1886), a US Senator from Missouri.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Atchison County had 5,685 people in 2,474 households. The population density was 4 people per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 98.5 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.0 percent of the population.

Statistically, 2.27 people lived in the 2,474 households.

20.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.6 percent were 65 years or older. 50.4 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 42,375  USD . The per capita income was $ 23,659. 13.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Atchison County localities

Citys

Village

Unincorporated Communities

structure

Atchison County is divided into 11 townships :

Township Population
(2010) 		FIPS
Benton Township 23    29-04582
Buchanan Township 83    29-09244
Clark Township 895    29-13996
Clay Township 1798    29-14284
Colfax Township 65    29-15454
Dale Township 231    29-18028
Township Population
(2010) 		FIPS
Lincoln Township 378    29-42590
Nishnabotna Township 155    29-52598
Polk Township 226    29-58700
Tarkio Township 1752    29-72358
Templeton Township 79    29-72646
 

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 758457. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Atchison County, MO. Retrieved October 2, 2012
  3. ^ A b National Association of Counties.Retrieved October 2, 2012
  4. ^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011
  5. ↑ Extract from census.gov - mo.Retrieved on February 17, 2011
  6. ↑ 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 February 6, 2011@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / mcdc.missouri.edu  

Web links

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Coordinates: 40 ° 26 ′  N , 95 ° 26 ′  W