Cass County, Michigan

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Cass County Courthouse
Cass County Courthouse
administration
US state : Michigan
Administrative headquarters : Cassopolis
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
120 North Broadway
Cassopolis, MI 49031-1302
Foundation : 1829
Made up from: Original County
Area code : 001 269
Demographics
Residents : 52,293  (2010)
Population density : 41 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1317 km²
Water surface : 42 km²
map
Map of Cass County within Michigan
Website : www.casscountymi.org

Cass County is a county in the state of Michigan in the United States . The county seat is Cassopolis .

geography

The county is located almost in the extreme southwest of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, borders Indiana to the south , is about 30 km to the west from Lake Michigan , one of the 5 great lakes , and has an area of ​​1,317 square kilometers, of which 42 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Van Buren County , St. Joseph County, and Berrien Counties .

history

Cass County was formed as the original Free Territory county in 1829. It was named after Lewis Cass , a governor of the territory and later US Secretary of War. The county is one of the so-called Cabinet Counties , as it was named after a member of the cabinet of US President Andrew Jackson like some others .

From 1840 the proportion of the black population grew rapidly. Quakers support efforts by African Americans to find cheap land in the county. Between 1847 and 1849, farmers from Bourbon and Boone Counties, Kentucky, illegally invaded Cass County to catch escaped slaves. White residents forcibly prevented them from this manhunt.

The white racists from the south failed in their attempts to re-enslave the blacks, but successfully pushed for the implementation of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 .

Cass County was known for its anti-slavery stance . Pennsylvania Quakers founded Penn Township , Michigan, which became a major station on the Underground Railroad .

Eight buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of November 18, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1830 919 -
1840 5710 521.3%
1850 10,907 91%
1860 17,721 62.5%
1870 21.094 19%
1880 22.009 4.3%
1890 20,953 -4.8%
1900 20,876 -0.4%
1910 20,624 -1.2%
1920 20,395 -1.1%
1930 20,888 2.4%
1940 21,910 4.9%
1950 28,185 28.6%
1960 36,932 31%
1970 43,312 17.3%
1980 49,499 14.3%
1990 49,477 -0%
2000 51,104 3.3%
2010 52.293 2.3%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Cass County's age pyramid (as of 2000)
Lake Driskel , near Jones
Historic billboard on Lewis Cass

As of the 2000 census , Cass County had 51,104 people in 19,676 households and 14,304 families. The population density was 40 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 89.19 percent white, 6.12 percent African American, 0.82 percent Native American, 0.54 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 1.17 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 2.15 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.41 percent of the population.

Of the 19,676 households, 31.0 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 58.2 percent were married couples living together, 9.9 percent were single mothers, and 27.3 percent were non-families. 22.6 percent were single households and 9.4 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 2.98 people.

25.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 7.4 percent between 18 and 24 years, 27.6 percent between 25 and 44 years, 26.0 percent between 45 and 64 years and 13.6 percent were 65 years or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 99.9 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 97.4 men.

The median income for a household in the 41,264 USD , and the median income for a family 46,901 USD. Males had a median income of $ 35,546 versus $ 24,526 for females. The per capita income was $ 19,474. 6.8 percent of families and 9.9 percent of the population are below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Townships

See also

Web links

Commons : Cass County (Michigan)  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 1622956. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ^ McGinnis, Carol (2005). Michigan Genealogy: Sources & Resources (2nd ed.), Pages 199-200. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. ISBN 0-8063-1755-8 .
  3. ^ Benjamin C. Wilson, "Kentucky Kidnappers, Fugitives, and Abolitionists in Antebellum Cass County Michigan," Michigan History, July 1976, Vol. 60 # 4, pp. 339-358.
  4. ↑ Fuller (1916), p. 302.
  5. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed November 18, 2017.
  6. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
  7. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 18, 2011
  8. ↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010). Accessed April 4, 2012
  9. ^ Cass County, Michigan , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Coordinates: 41 ° 55 ′  N , 85 ° 59 ′  W