DeKalb County, Missouri

administration
DeKalb County Courthouse
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Maysville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 248 Maysville, MO 64469-0248
Foundation :	February 25, 1845
Made up from:	Clinton County
Area code :	001 816
Demographics
Residents :	12,892 (2010)
Population density :	11.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1103 km²
Water surface :	4 km²
map

Website : dekalbcountymo.org

The DeKalb County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 12,892 residents and a population density of 11.7 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Maysville .

The county is part of the St. Joseph Metropolitan Statistical Area .

geography

The county is located in northwest Missouri and about 25 miles to the west from Nebraska and Kansas . It has an area of 1103 square kilometers, of which four square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border DeKalb County:

	Gentry County
Andrew County		Daviess County
Buchanan County	Clinton County	Caldwell County

history

DeKalb

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	2075	-
1860	5224	151.8%
1870	9858	88.7%
1880	13,334	35.3%
1890	14,539	9%
1900	14,418	-0.8%
1910	12,531	-13.1%
1920	11,694	-6.7%
1930	10,270	-12.2%
1940	9751	-5.1%
1950	8047	-17.5%
1960	7226	-10.2%
1970	7305	1.1%
1980	8222	12.6%
1990	9967	21.2%
2000	11,597	16.4%
2010	12,892	11.2%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

DeKalb County was formed from parts of Clinton County on February 25th. It was named after Johann de Kalb (1721-1780), a German-born general in the Continental Army in the American War of Independence .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , DeKalb County had 12,892 people in 3,961 households. The population density was 11.7 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.47 people lived in the 3,961 households.

The racial the population was composed of 86.6 percent white, 11.7 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.9 percent of the population.

17.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.5 percent were 65 years or older. 37.0 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 43,267 USD . The per capita income was $ 16,916. 9.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in DeKalb County

Citys

0

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partially in Clinton County}

structure

DeKalb County is divided into nine townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Adams Township	709	29-00208
Camden Township	1751	29-10720
Colfax Township	720	29-15490
Dallas Township	336	29-18046
Grand River Township	5893	29-28288
Grant Township	321	29-28468
Polk Township	768	29-58772
Sherman Township	550	29-67430
Washington Township	1844	29-77380