Callaway County

The Calloway County Courthouse in Fulton
administration
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Fulton
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 10 East 5th Street Fulton, MO 65251-1713
Foundation :	November 25, 1820
Made up from:	Montgomery County
Area code :	001 573
Demographics
Residents :	44,332  (2010)
Population density :	20.4 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	2194 km²
Water surface :	21 km²
map
Website : www.callawaycounty.org

The Callaway County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 the county had 44,332 residents and a population density of 20.4 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Fulton , which was named after Robert Fulton , the inventor of the steamboat.

geography

The county is located just northeast of the geographic center of Missouri on the north bank of the Missouri River . It has an area of ​​2194 square kilometers, of which 21 square kilometers are water.

The boroughs of Jefferson City , the capital of the state of Missouri, are located north of the Missouri and belong to Calloway County. To the east of it stretches on both sides of the river the so-called Missouri Rhineland , a region that for a long time was strongly influenced by wine-growing German immigrants from the Rhineland and their descendants.

The following neighboring counties border Calloway County:

	Audrain County
Boone County		Montgomery County
Cole County	Osage County	Gasconade County

history

Callaway County was formed on November 25, 1820 from former parts of Montgomery County. It was named after James Calloway (1783-1815), an officer and grandson of Daniel Boone .

Two locations have National Historic Landmark status , Research Cave and Westminster College High School . 19 buildings and sites in the county are registered in the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 5, 2018).

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1830	6150		-
1840	11,765		91.3%
1850	13,827		17.5%
1860	17,449		26.2%
1870	19.202		10%
1880	23,670		23.3%
1890	25.131		6.2%
1900	25,984		3.4%
1910	24,400		-6.1%
1920	23.007		-5.7%
1930	19,923		-13.4%
1940	23.094		15.9%
1950	23,316		1 %
1960	23,858		2.3%
1970	25,850		8.3%
1980	32,252		24.8%
1990	32,809		1.7%
2000	40,766		24.3%
2010	44,332		8.7%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

As of the 2010 census , Callaway County had 44,332 people in 15,786 households. The population density was 20.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.50 people lived in each of the 15,786 households.

The racial the population was composed of 92.0 percent white, 4.6 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 001.6000 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

22.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 65.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.3 percent were 65 years or older. 48.6 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 47,214  USD . The per capita income was $ 21,521. 11.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Callaway County localities

Citys Auxvasse Fulton Holts Summit

0 Jefferson City 1 Mokane New Bloomfield

Villages Kingdom City Lake Mykee Town

^{1 - partially in Cole County}

Unincorporated Communities

Bachelor Boydsville Brown's Ford Callaway Calwood Carrington Cedar City Concord

Dixie Earl Eastville Guthrie Ham's Prairie Hatton Hereford Lindbergh

Millersburg North Jefferson Pitcher Portland Readsville reform Shamrock Steedman

Stephens Tebbetts Toledo Wainwright Williamsburg Youngers Yucatan

structure

Callaway County is divided into 18 townships :

Township Population (2010) FIPS Auxvasse Township 1000    29-02656 Bourbon Township 2059    29-07516 Caldwell Township 438    29-10414 Calwood Township 1097    29-10666 Cedar Township 2937    29-12160 Cleveland Township 742    29-14752 Cote Sans Dessein Township 1122    29-16642 East Fulton Township 10,231    29-20854 Guthrie Township 604    29-29800

Township Population (2010) FIPS Jackson Township 2150    29-35612 Liberty Township 840    29-41996 McCredie Township 760    29-44876 Nine Mile Prairie Township 790    29-52508 Round Prairie Township 1038    29-63362 St. Aubert Township 1969    29-64010 Shamrock Township 413    29-66962 Summit Township 8873    29-71548 West Fulton Township 7269    29-78766

See also

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 758468. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English). 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Callaway County, MO. Retrieved October 17, 2012
3. ^ ^{A b} National Association of Counties.Retrieved October 17, 2012
4. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Missouri . National Park Service , accessed February 5, 2018.
5. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 5, 2018.
6. ^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011
7. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 18, 2011
8. ↑ 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 January 25, 2012  

Web links

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

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

Coordinates: 38 ° 50 ′  N , 91 ° 55 ′  W