Dallas County, Missouri

administration
Dallas County Courthouse
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Buffalo
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 436 Buffalo, MO 65622-0436
Foundation :	1841
Area code :	001 417
Demographics
Residents :	16,777 (2010)
Population density :	12 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1406 km²
Water surface :	3 km²
map

The Dallas County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 16,777 residents and a population density of 12 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Buffalo .

geography

The county is located in mid-southwest Missouri on the northern edge of the Ozarks . It has an area of 1406 square kilometers, of which three square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Dallas County:

Hickory County	Camden County
Polk County		Laclede County
Greene County	Webster County

history

GM Dallas

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	3048	-
1860	5892	93.3%
1870	8383	42.3%
1880	9263	10.5%
1890	12,647	36.5%
1900	13,903	9.9%
1910	13,181	-5.2%
1920	12,033	-8.7%
1930	10,541	-12.4%
1940	11,523	9.3%
1950	10,392	-9.8%
1960	9314	-10.4%
1970	10,054	7.9%
1980	12.096	20.3%
1990	12,646	4.5%
2000	15,661	23.8%
2010	16,777	7.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Dallas County was formed in 1841. It was named after George M. Dallas (1792–1864), the 11th US Vice President under James K. Polk .

A structure in the county is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as of February 5, 2018.

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , Dallas County had 16,777 people in 6,444 households. The population density was 12 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.58 people lived in each of the 6444 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.6 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.9 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.7 percent of the population.

24.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.2 percent were 65 years or older. 50.1 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 38,101 USD . The per capita income was $ 18,400. 16.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Dallas County localities

Citys

Village

Louisburg

Census-designated place (CDP)

Bennett Springs ¹

Other Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partially in Laclede County}

structure

Dallas County is divided into eleven townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Grant Township	1270	29-28450
Jackson Township	2207	29-35720
Jasper Township	1019	29-36494
Lincoln Township	986	29-42680
Miller Township	695	29-48188
North Benton Township	4113	29-52886
Sheridan Township	1530	29-67304
Sherman Township	536	29-67412
South Benton Township	2376	29-68636
Washington Township	919	29-77344
Wilson Township	1126	29-80170