Clark County, Missouri

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Clark County Courthouse
Clark County Courthouse
administration
US state : Missouri
Administrative headquarters : Kahoka
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
111 East Court Street
Kahoka, MO 63445-1268
Foundation : December 16, 1836
Made up from: Lewis County
Area code : 001 660
Demographics
Residents : 7139  (2010)
Population density : 5.4 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1326 km²
Water surface : 12 km²
map
Map of Clark County within Missouri

The Clark County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 7,139 residents and a population density of 5.4 people per square kilometer. The administrative seat ( county seat ) is Kahoka , which was named after the Indian people of the same name.

geography

The county is located in the far northeast of Missouri and borders on Iowa to the north - separated by the Des Moines River . To the east it borders Illinois , from which it is separated by the Mississippi . It has an area of ​​1326 square kilometers, of which twelve square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Clark County:

Van Buren County,
Iowa 		Lee County,
Iowa
Scotland County Compass card (de) .svg Hancock County,
Illinois
Knox County Lewis County

history

W. Clark
Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1840 2846 -
1850 5527 94.2%
1860 11,684 111.4%
1870 13,667 17%
1880 15,031 10%
1890 15,126 0.6%
1900 15,383 1.7%
1910 12,811 -16.7%
1920 11,874 -7.3%
1930 10,254 -13.6%
1940 10.166 -0.9%
1950 9003 -11.4%
1960 8725 -3.1%
1970 8260 -5.3%
1980 8493 2.8%
1990 7547 -11.1%
2000 7416 -1.7%
2010 7139 -3.7%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Clark County was formed on December 16, 1836 from former parts of Lewis County. It was named after William Clark (1770-1838), the leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and later governor of the Missouri Territory (1813-1820).

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , Clark County had 7,139 people in 2,994 households. The population density was 5.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.39 people each in the 2,994 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.2 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.6 percent of the population.

24.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.7 percent were 65 years or older. 50.0 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 35,713  USD . The per capita income was $ 22,825. 15.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Clark County localities

Citys

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

structure

Clark County is divided into 13 townships :

Township Population
(2010) 		FIPS
Clay Township 378    29-14302
Des Moines Township 959    29-19234
Folker Township 216    29-24922
Grant Township 92    29-28414
Jackson Township 434    29-35684
Jefferson Township 213    29-36746
Lincoln Township 2538    29-42662
Madison Township 763    29-45362
Sweet Home Township 304    29-71872
Union Township 313    29-74554
Vernon Township 177    29-75868
Washington Township 181    29-77290
Wyaconda Township 571    29-81160

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 758477. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ a b U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Clark 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. ^ US Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Clark County. Retrieved November 28, 2011
  7. ↑ 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@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / mcdc.missouri.edu  

Web links

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Coordinates: 40 ° 25 ′  N , 91 ° 44 ′  W