Carroll County, Iowa

The Carroll County Courthouse in Carroll
administration
US state :	Iowa
Administrative headquarters :	Carroll
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Carroll County Courthouse P.O. Box 867 114 E. 6th Street Carroll, IA 51401-0867
Foundation :	January 15, 1851
Made up from:	Pottawattamie County
Area code :	001 712
Demographics
Residents :	20,816  (2010)
Population density :	14.1 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1477 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map
Website : www.co.carroll.ia.us

The Carroll County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , the county had 20,816 residents and a population density of 14.1 people per square kilometer. By 2013 the population had decreased to 20,598. The county seat is Carroll .

geography

The county is located in west central Iowa and has an area of ​​1,477 square kilometers, of which two square kilometers are water.

It is traversed in the northeast by the Raccoon River , which belongs to the Mississippi river basin via the Des Moines River .

The following neighboring counties border Carroll County:

	Sac County     Calhoun County
Crawford County		Greene County
Shelby County	Audubon County	Guthrie County

history

C. Carroll

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1860	281		-
1870	2451		772.2%
1880	12,351		403.9%
1890	18,828		52.4%
1900	20,319		7.9%
1910	20,117		-1 %
1920	21,549		7.1%
1930	22,326		3.6%
1940	22,770		2%
1950	23,065		1.3%
1960	23,431		1.6%
1970	22,912		-2.2%
1980	22,951		0.2%
1990	21,423		-6.7%
2000	21,421		-0%
2010	20,816		-2.8%
2013 estimate	20,598		-1 %
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010–2013

Carroll County was formed on January 15, 1851 from parts of Pottawattamie County. It was named after Charles Carroll (1737-1832) from Carrollton , Maryland , the only Catholic and longest living signer of the Declaration of Independence .

In 1855 the county government was established in Carrollton and in 1858 the first district court was built. In 1869, the more centrally located Carroll City with a rail link from the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad , today's Carroll, became the seat of administration. The courthouse was totally destroyed by fire in 1886. The current courthouse was built in 1965.

population

According to the 2010 census , Carroll County had 20,816 people in 8,614 households. The population density was 14.1 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.27 people lived in each of the 8,614 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.3 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.6 percent of the population.

24.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.6 percent were 65 years or older. 51.3 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 46,086  USD . The per capita income was $ 24,468. 9.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Carroll County localities

Citys

Arcadia Breda Carroll Coon Rapids 1 Dedham

Glidden Half Lanesboro Lidderdale Manning

Ralston 2 Templeton Willey

Unincorporated Communities

• Maple River
• Mount Carmel
• Roselle

^{1 - partly in Guthrie County
2 - partly in Greene County}

structure

Carroll County is divided into 16 townships :

Township Population (2010) FIPS Arcadia Township 732    19-90075 Eden Township 594    19-91134 Ewoldt Township 229    19-91254 Glidden Township 1470    19-91581 Grant Township 488    19-91635 Jasper Township 307    19-92196 Kniest Township 406    19-92319 Maple River Township 497    19-92820

Township Population (2010) FIPS Newton Township 468    19-93099 Pleasant Valley Township 337    19-93405 Richland Township 175    19-93573 Roselle Township 651    19-93699 Sheridan Township 427    19-93840 Union Township 1489    19-94182 Washington Township 268    19-94467 Wheatland Township 675    19-94704

The cities of Carroll and Manning do not belong to any township.

See also

• List of Entries on the National Register of Historic Places in Carroll County, Iowa

Individual evidence

1. ^ Carroll County ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 23, 2011.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Carroll County, IA. Retrieved November 25, 2014
3. ↑ ^{a b} National Association of Counties.Retrieved November 25, 2014
4. ^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011
5. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 16, 2011
6. ↑ 2010 US Census Iowa Township and Other Subdivision Population. Retrieved July 23, 2019 . 

Web links

Commons : Carroll County, Iowa  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Official website
• city-data.com - Carroll County, Iowa

Coordinates: 42 ° 2 ′  N , 94 ° 52 ′  W