Cedar County, Missouri

The Cedar County Courthouse in Stockton
administration
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Stockton
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 113 South Street P.O. Box 126 Stockton, MO 65785-0126
Foundation :	February 14, 1845
Made up from:	Dade County St. Clair County
Area code :	001 417
Demographics
Residents :	13,982  (2010)
Population density :	11.3 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1291 km²
Water surface :	58 km²
map

The Cedar County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 13,982 residents and a population density of 11.3 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Stockton .

geography

The county is located in the mid-southwest of Missouri in the middle of the Ozarks and is about 50 km to the west from the US state of Kansas . It has an area of ​​1291 square kilometers, of which 58 square kilometers are water.

The county is traversed by the Sac River , which is backed up to Stockton Lake by a dam in the center of the county .

The following neighboring counties border Cedar County:

	St. Clair County
Vernon County		Polk County
	Dade County

history

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1850	3361		-
1860	6637		97.5%
1870	9474		42.7%
1880	10,741		13.4%
1890	15,620		45.4%
1900	16,923		8.3%
1910	16,080		-5%
1920	13,933		-13.4%
1930	11,136		-20.1%
1940	11,697		5%
1950	10,663		-8.8%
1960	9185		-13.9%
1970	9424		2.6%
1980	11,894		26.2%
1990	12.093		1.7%
2000	13,733		13.6%
2010	13,982		1.8%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Cedar County was formed on February 14, 1845 from parts of Dade County and St. Clair County. It was named after Cedar Creek .

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , Cedar County had 13,982 people in 6135 households. The population density was 11.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically speaking, 2.27 people lived in each of the 6135 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.9 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.6 percent of the population.

23.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 22.5 percent were 65 years or older. 50.6 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 32,800  USD . The per capita income was $ 16,432. 17.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Cedar County localities

Citys El Dorado Springs Stockton

Villages Jerico Springs Umber View Heights

Unincorporated Communities

Arnica Bearcreek Cane Hill Caplinger Mills

Cedar Springs Claud Coal Hill Filley

Lebeck Masters Olympia Osiris

Pacetown umber Wagoner Willowville

structure

Cedar County is divided into seven townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Benton Township	1087	29-04600
Box Township	5814	29-07696
Cedar Township	488	29-12178
Jefferson Township	750	29-36728
Linn Township	3880	29-43166
Madison Township	863	29-45344
Washington Township	1100	29-77272

See also

• List of Entries on the National Register of Historic Places in Cedar County, Missouri

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 758474. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English). 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Cedar County, MO. Retrieved October 19, 2012
3. ^ ^{A b} National Association of Counties.Retrieved October 19, 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 October 19, 2012  

Web links

Commons : Cedar County, Missouri  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Rootsweb - Cedar County, MO
• www.city-data.com - Cedar County, MO

Coordinates: 37 ° 43 ′  N , 93 ° 52 ′  W