Delaware County (Iowa)

The Delaware County Courthouse in Manchester, listed on the NRHP since 1981
administration
US state :	Iowa
Administrative headquarters :	Manchester
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 301 East Main Street Manchester, IA 52057-1732
Foundation :	1837
Area code :	001 563
Demographics
Residents :	17,764  (2010)
Population density :	11.9 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1500 km²
Water surface :	3 km²
map
Website : www.co.delaware.ia.us

The Delaware County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , the county had 17,764 residents and a population density of 11.9 people per square kilometer. By 2013 the population had decreased to 17,534. The county seat is Manchester .

geography

The county is located in northeast Iowa, is in the northeast about 20 km from the Mississippi , which forms the border with Wisconsin and Illinois . Delaware County covers an area of ​​1,500 square kilometers, of which three square kilometers are water.

The Maquoketa River , a right tributary of the Mississippi, flows through the county from northwest to southeast .

The following neighboring counties border Delaware County:

Fayette County	Clayton County
Buchanan County		Dubuque County
	Linn County    Jones County

history

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1840	168		-
1850	1759		947%
1860	11,024		526.7%
1870	17,432		58.1%
1880	17,950		3%
1890	17,349		-3.3%
1900	19,185		10.6%
1910	17,888		-6.8%
1920	18,183		1.6%
1930	18,122		-0.3%
1940	18,487		2%
1950	17,734		-4.1%
1960	18,483		4.2%
1970	18,770		1.6%
1980	18,933		0.9%
1990	18,035		-4.7%
2000	18,404		2%
2010	17,764		-3.5%
2013 estimate	17,534		-1.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010–2013

Delaware County was formed in 1837. It was probably named after the origin of some of the settlers, Delaware County in New York .

population

As of the 2010 census , Delaware County had 17,764 people in 7,187 households. The population density was 11.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 7187 households there were statistically 2.41 people each.

The racial the population was composed of 98.6 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.8 percent of the population.

25.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.6 percent were 65 years or older. 50.0 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 48,574  USD . The per capita income was $ 22,681. 9.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Delaware County localities

Citys

Colesburg Delaware Delhi Dundee

Dyersville 1 Earlville Edgewood 2 Greeley

Hopkinton Manchester Masonville Ryan

Unincorporated Communities

Dutchtown Oneida Easter Dock Petersburg

Robinson Rockville Sand Spring Thorpe

^{1 - partly in Dubuque County
2 - partly in Clayton County}

structure

Delaware County is divided into 16 townships :

Township Population (2010) FIPS Adams Township 730    19-90006 Bremen Township 959    19-90330 Coffins Grove Township 616    19-90750 Colony Township 795    19-90783 Delaware Township 6204    19-90948 Delhi Township 1012    19-90957 Elk Township 577    19-91179 Hazel Green Township 378    19-91899

Township Population (2010) FIPS Honey Creek Township 1009    19-91980 Milo Township 1216    19-92946 North Fork Township 468    19-93132 Oneida Township 1504    19-93177 Prairie Township 327    19-93483 Richland Township 572    19-93582 South Fork Township 1118    19-93945 Union Township 279    19-94200

See also

• List of Entries on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware County, Iowa

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 81000234.Retrieved December 22, 2014
2. ^ Delaware County ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved January 14, 2011.
3. ↑ ^{a b c} U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Delaware County, IA ( July 9, 2011 memento on WebCite ) Retrieved December 22, 2014
4. ↑ ^{a b} National Association of Counties.Retrieved December 22, 2014
5. ^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011
6. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 16, 2011
7. ↑ 2010 US Census Iowa Township and Other Subdivision Population. Retrieved July 23, 2019 . 

Web links

Commons : Delaware County, Iowa  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Official website
• Delaware County Economic Development
• www.city-data.com - Delaware County

Coordinates: 42 ° 28 ′  N , 91 ° 22 ′  W