Dade County, Missouri

administration
Dade County Courthouse
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Greenfield
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse Main Street Greenfield, MO 65661
Foundation :	January 29, 1841
Made up from:	Greene County
Area code :	001 417
Demographics
Residents :	7883 (2010)
Population density :	6.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1311 km²
Water surface :	41 km²
map

The Dade County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 7,883 people and a population density of 6.2 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Greenfield .

geography

The county is located in southwest Missouri on the northern edge of the Ozarks and is approximately 50 km from Kansas to the west . It has an area of 1311 square kilometers, of which 41 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Dade County:

	Cedar County	Polk County
Barton County
Jasper County	Lawrence County	Greene County

history

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	4246	-
1860	7072	66.6%
1870	8683	22.8%
1880	12,557	44.6%
1890	17,526	39.6%
1900	18,125	3.4%
1910	15,613	-13.9%
1920	14,173	-9.2%
1930	11,764	-17%
1940	11,248	-4.4%
1950	9324	-17.1%
1960	7577	-18.7%
1970	6850	-9.6%
1980	7383	7.8%
1990	7449	0.9%
2000	7923	6.4%
2010	7883	-0.5%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Dade County was formed on January 29, 1841 from parts of Greene County. It was named after Major Francis L. Dade (1793-1835), who was killed in the Seminole Wars.

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , Dade County had 7,883 people in 3,276 households. The population density was 6.2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.42 people each in the 3276 households.

The racial the population was composed of 95.7 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 1.0 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.6 percent of the population.

22.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.6 percent were 65 years or older. 49.9 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 32,714 USD . The per capita income was $ 16,638. 20.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Dade County

Citys

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

structure

Dade County is divided into 16 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Cedar Township	304	29-12196
Center township	1983	29-12502
Ernest Township	131	29-22564
Grant Township	228	29-28432
Lockwood Township	1222	29-43508
Marion Township	232	29-45992
North Morgan Township	211	29-53192
North Township	307	29-52868

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Pilgrim Township	132	29-57584
Polk Township	618	29-58754
Rock Prairie Township	980	29-62732
Sac Township	485	29-63812
Smith Township	196	29-68312
South Morgan Township	402	29-68996
South Township	206	29-68618
Washington Township	246	29-77326