Gasconade County

administration
Gasconade County Courthouse
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Hermann
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 119 E. 1st Street Hermann, MO 65041-1185
Foundation :	November 25, 1820
Made up from:	Franklin County
Area code :	001 573
Demographics
Residents :	15,222 (2010)
Population density :	11.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1363 km²
Water surface :	14 km²
map

Website : www.gscnd.com

The Gasconade County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 15,222 residents and a population density of 11.3 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Hermann .

geography

The county is located in east central Missouri on the south bank of the Missouri River . It covers an area of 1363 square kilometers, of which 14 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Gasconade County:

Callaway County	Montgomery County	Warren County
Osage County		Franklin County
Maries County	Phelps County	Crawford County

history

Gasconade County was formed on November 25, 1820 from parts of Franklin County. It was named after the Gasconade River , which in turn was named by the first French settlers here after their old home in southwest France , Gascon .

Ten buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 6, 2018).

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	1545	-
1840	5330	245%
1850	4996	-6.3%
1860	8727	74.7%
1870	10.093	15.7%
1880	11,153	10.5%
1890	11,706	5%
1900	12,298	5.1%
1910	12,847	4.5%
1920	12,381	-3.6%
1930	12,172	-1.7%
1940	12,414	2%
1950	12,342	-0.6%
1960	12,195	-1.2%
1970	11,878	-2.6%
1980	13,181	11%
1990	14.006	6.3%
2000	15,342	9.5%
2010	15,222	-0.8%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

As of the 2010 census , Gasconade County had 15,222 people in 6,470 households. The population density was 11.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.36 people lived in each of the 6,470 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.9 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.2 percent of the population.

21.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.9 percent were 65 years or older. 51.1 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 40,837 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,240. 10.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Gasconade County with localities

Citys

Unincorporated Communities

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structure

Gasconade County is divided into nine townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Boeuf Township	1087	29-06814
Boulware Township	642	29-07462
Bourbois Township	526	29-07480
Brush Creek Township	777	29-09100
Canaan Township	5339	29-11008
Clay Township	1554	29-14356
Richland Township	857	29-61490
Roark Township	3774	29-62336
Third Creek Township	666	29-72934