Crawford County, Missouri

administration
The Crawford County Courthouse in Steelville
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Steelville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box AS Steelville, MO 65565-0620
Foundation :	January 23, 1829
Made up from:	Gasconade County
Area code :	001 573
Demographics
Residents :	24,696 (2010)
Population density :	12.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1926 km²
Water surface :	3 km²
map

Website : crawfordcountymo.net

The Crawford County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 24,696 residents and a population density of 12.8 people per square kilometer. The county seat is in Steelville , named after James Steel , the owner of the land on which the city was built.

geography

The county is located southeast of the geographic center of Missouri in the Ozarks . It has an area of 1926 square kilometers, of which three square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Crawford County:

Gasconade County	Franklin County
Phelps County		Washington County
	Dent County	Iron County

history

Crawford

Crawford County was formed on January 23, 1829 from parts of Gasconade County. It was named after William H. Crawford , a United States Secretary of War and Treasury.

Seven buildings and sites in the county are on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 5, 2018).

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	1712	-
1840	3561	108%
1850	6397	79.6%
1860	5823	-9%
1870	7982	37.1%
1880	10,756	34.8%
1890	11,961	11.2%
1900	12,959	8.3%
1910	13,576	4.8%
1920	12,355	-9%
1930	11,287	-8.6%
1940	12,693	12.5%
1950	11,615	-8.5%
1960	12,647	8.9%
1970	14,828	17.2%
1980	18,300	23.4%
1990	19.173	4.8%
2000	22,804	18.9%
2010	24,696	8.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Cave in Onondaga Cave State Park

According to the 2010 census , Crawford County had 24,696 people in 9467 households. The population density was 12.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.57 people lived in each of the 9467 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.3 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.7 percent of the population.

24.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.3 percent were 65 years or older. 50.2 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 34,506 USD . The per capita income was $ 17,317. 15.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Crawford County localities

Citys

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

^{1- partially in Franklin County}

structure

Crawford County is divided into nine townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Benton Township	6283	29-04618
Boone Township	5892	29-07156
Courtois Township	1300	29-16930
Knobview Township	1547	29-39242
Liberty Township	1777	29-42086
Meramec Township	3924	29-47360
Oak Hill Township	1767	29-53696
Osage Township	1171	29-55100
Union Township	1035	29-74572