Bates County

Bates County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	butler
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 1 North Delaware Street Butler, MO 64730-2266
Foundation :	January 29, 1841
Made up from:	Cass County Jackson County
Area code :	001 660
Demographics
Residents :	17,049  (2010)
Population density :	7.8 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	2205 km²
Water surface :	8 km²
map
Website : www.batescounty.net

The Bates County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 17,049 people and a population density of 7.6 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Butler .

Bates County is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area .

geography

The county is located in the far west of Missouri and borders Kansas . It has an area of ​​2205 square kilometers, of which eight square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Bates County:

Miami County (Kansas)	Cass County	Henry County
Linn County, Kansas
	Vernon County	St. Clair County

history

F. Bates

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1850	3669		-
1860	7215		96.6%
1870	15,980		121.5%
1880	25,381		58.8%
1890	32,223		27%
1900	30.141		-6.5%
1910	25,869		-14.2%
1920	23,933		-7.5%
1930	22,068		-7.8%
1940	19,531		-11.5%
1950	17,534		-10.2%
1960	15,905		-9.3%
1970	15,468		-2.7%
1980	15,873		2.6%
1990	15,025		-5.3%
2000	16,653		10.8%
2010	17,049		2.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Bates County was formed on January 29, 1841 from parts of Cass Counties and Jackson Counties. It was named after Frederick Bates (1777-1825), the second governor of Missouri (1824-1825).

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , Bates County had 17,049 people in 6,355 households. The population density was 7.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.61 people each in the 6,355 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.6 percent white, 0.9 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.6 percent of the population.

25.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.7 percent were 65 years or older. 50.7 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 38,926  USD . The per capita income was $ 18,774. 15.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Bates County localities

Citys

Adrian Cupid Amsterdam butler

Drexel 1 Hume Rich Hill Rockville

Villages

• Foster
• Merwin
• Passaic

^{1 - partially in Cass County}

structure

Bates County is divided into 24 townships :

Township Population (2010) FIPS Charlotte Township 357    29-13384 Deepwater Township 307    29-18712 Deer Creek Township 2349    29-18766 East Boone Township 538    29-20800 Elkhart Township 299    29-21664 Grand River Township 312    29-28234 Homer Township 447    29-32788 Howard Township 554    29-33310 Hudson Township 252    29-33562 Lone Oak Township 281    29-43796 Mingo Township 237    29-48746 Mound Township 841    29-50294

Township Population (2010) FIPS Mount Pleasant Township 5079    29-50546 New Home Township 245    29-51950 Osage Township 1795    29-55028 Pleasant Gap Township 232    29-58340 Prairie Township 137    29-59492 Rockville Township 260    29-62804 Shawnee Township 271    29-67052 Spruce Township 330    29-70198 Summit Township 312    29-71530 Walnut Township 394    29-76804 West Boone Township 715    29-78604 West Point Township 505    29-78946

See also

• List of entries on the National Register of Historic Places in Bates County

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 758461. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English). 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Bates County, MO. Retrieved October 3, 2012
3. ^ ^{A b} National Association of Counties. Retrieved October 3, 2012
4. ^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011
5. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 18, 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 March 25, 2012  

Web links

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

• Official website
• www.city-data.com - Bates County

Coordinates: 38 ° 16 ′  N , 94 ° 20 ′  W