Daviess County, Missouri

administration
Daviess County Courthouse
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Gallatin
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 102 North Main Street Gallatin, MO 64640-1152
Foundation :	December 29, 1836
Made up from:	Ray County
Area code :	001 660
Demographics
Residents :	8433 (2010)
Population density :	5.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1474 km²
Water surface :	5 km²
map

The Daviess County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 8,433 people and a population density of 5.7 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Gallatin , named after the US Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin .

geography

The county is located in northwest Missouri and is approximately 34 miles north of Iowa . It has an area of 1474 square kilometers, of which five square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Daviess County:

Gentry County	Harrison County	Grundy County
DeKalb County
	Caldwell County	Livingston County

history

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	2736	-
1850	5298	93.6%
1860	9606	81.3%
1870	14,410	50%
1880	19,145	32.9%
1890	20,456	6.8%
1900	21,325	4.2%
1910	17.605	-17.4%
1920	16,641	-5.5%
1930	14,424	-13.3%
1940	13,398	-7.1%
1950	11,180	-16.6%
1960	9502	-15%
1970	8420	-11.4%
1980	8905	5.8%
1990	7865	-11.7%
2000	8016	1.9%
2010	8433	5.2%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Daviess County was formed on December 29, 1836 from parts of Ray County. It was named after Colonel Joseph H. Daviess , who was killed in the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811 .

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , Daviess County had 8,433 people in 3,288 households. The population density was 5.7 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.53 people lived in each of the 3288 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.8 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.2 percent of the population.

26.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.6 percent were 65 years or older. 50.2 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 39,925 USD . The per capita income was $ 19,900. 13.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Locations in Daviess County

Citys

Villages

Unincorporated Community

Lake Viking

^{1 - partially in Harrison County}

structure

Daviess County is divided into 15 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Benton Township	515	29-04636
Colfax Township	613	29-15472
Grand River Township	393	29-28270
Harrison Township	82	29-30502
Jackson Township	675	29-35738
Jamesport Township	1085	29-36350
Jefferson Township	506	29-36782
Liberty Township	915	29-42104

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Lincoln Township	108	29-42698
Marion Township	225	29-46010
Monroe Township	153	29-49304
Salem Township	501	29-65198
Sheridan Township	384	29-67322
Union Township	2137	29-74590
Washington Township	141	29-77362