Doniphan County

administration
The Doniphan County Courthouse in Troy, listed on NRHP No. 74000826
US state :	Kansas
Administrative headquarters :	Troy
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 278 Troy, KS 66087-0278
Foundation :	August 30, 1855
Made up from:	Original County
Area code :	001 785
Demographics
Residents :	7945 (2010)
Population density :	7.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1028 km²
Water surface :	13 km²
map

Doniphan County is a county in the state of Kansas in the United States . The county seat is Troy . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

The county is located in the extreme northeast of Kansas, borders Missouri to the east and Nebraska to the north , the border to both being formed by the Missouri River and has an area of 1,028 square kilometers, of which 13 square kilometers are water. In Kansas, it is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Atchison County and Brown Counties .

history

Doniphan County was formed as the original free territory county on August 30, 1855 and is one of the first 33 counties to be formed by the first territorial administration. From September 18 of the same year it had its own administration. It was named after Alexander W. Doniphan , who played an important role in the Mexican-American War .

37 structures and sites in the county are on the National Register of Historic Places .

Worth seeing

The Native American Heritage Museum , 2 miles east of Highland, is an original Presbyterian mission from 1845, where Indian children from Iowa and Missouri were taught.
The Nelson Rodgers House in Troy, built in 1856
The Four-state Lookout in White Cloud is a viewing platform with a view over the Missouri, across to the states of Missouri and Nebraska and, in good weather, as far as Iowa.
The townsite of Old Doniphan . This is where the Lewis and Clark Expedition camped on July 4, 1804.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	8083	-
1870	13,969	72.8%
1880	14,257	2.1%
1890	13,535	-5.1%
1900	15,079	11.4%
1910	14,422	-4.4%
1920	13,438	-6.8%
1930	14,063	4.7%
1940	12,936	-8th %
1950	10,499	-18.8%
1960	9574	-8.8%
1970	9107	-4.9%
1980	9268	1.8%
1990	8134	-12.2%
2000	8249	1.4%
2010	7945	-3.7%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Age pyramid of Doniphan County (as of 2000)

The Missouri River near Saint Joseph

According to the 2000 census , Doniphan County had 8,249 people in 3,173 households and 2,183 families in Doniphan County. The population density was 8 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 94.85 percent white, 2.00 percent African American, 1.21 percent Native American, 0.25 percent Asian and 0.40 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.29 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.16 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 3,173 households, 32.6 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 56.4 percent were married couples living together, 8.7 percent were single mothers, and 31.2 percent were non-families. 27.6 percent of all households were single households and 14.2 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.03.

25.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 11.8 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 24.7 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 22.0 percent between 45 and 64 years of age, and 16.2 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 98.6 males. For every 100 adult women aged 18 and over there were 96.2 men.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 32,537 , and the median income for a family is $ 39,357. Males had a median income of $ 28,096 versus $ 19,721 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,849. 9.0 percent of families and 11.9 percent of the population were below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Townships

Web links

Commons : Doniphan County - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
↑ GNIS-ID: 484991. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 28, 2017.
↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 17, 2011
↑ Excerpt from census.gov (2000 + 2010) ( Memento of the original from July 9, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 2, 2012 @1@ 2

^ Doniphan County, Kansas , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .

39.854444444444 -94.971666666667Coordinates: 39 ° 51 ′ N , 94 ° 58 ′ W

[1] Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011

[2] GNIS-ID: 484991. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[3] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 28, 2017.

[4] US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011

[5] Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 17, 2011

[6] Excerpt from census.gov (2000 + 2010) ( Memento of the original from July 9, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 2, 2012 @1@ 2

[7] Doniphan County, Kansas , 2000 census datasheet at factfinder.census.gov .