Gentry County

administration
The Gentry County Courthouse , listed on NRHP No. 80002352
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Albany
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 200 W. Clay Street Albany, MO 64402-1604
Foundation :	February 12, 1841
Made up from:	Clinton County
Area code :	001 660
Demographics
Residents :	6738 (2010)
Population density :	5.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1274 km²
Water surface :	40 km²
map

Website : gentrycounty.net

The Gentry County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 6,738 people and a population density of 5.5 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Albany , which was named after the city of the same name, Albany in New York .

geography

The county is located in northwest Missouri, about 30 km to the north from Iowa and about 40 km to the southwest from Nebraska and Kansas . It has an area of 1274 square kilometers, one square kilometer of which is water.

The county is traversed by the Grand River , a left tributary of the Missouri River from Iowa .

The following neighboring counties border Gentry County:

	Worth County
Nodaway County		Harrison County
Andrew County	DeKalb County	Daviess County

history

Gentry County was formed on February 12, 1841 from parts of Clinton County. It was named after Colonel Richard Gentry , who died in the Seminole War in 1837 .

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	4248	-
1860	11,980	182%
1870	11,607	-3.1%
1880	17.176	48%
1890	19,018	10.7%
1900	20,554	8.1%
1910	16,820	-18.2%
1920	15,634	-7.1%
1930	14,348	-8.2%
1940	13,359	-6.9%
1950	11,036	-17.4%
1960	8793	-20.3%
1970	8060	-8.3%
1980	7887	-2.1%
1990	6848	-13.2%
2000	6861	0.2%
2010	6738	-1.8%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , there were 6,738 people in 2,670 households in Gentry County. The population density was 5.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.47 people lived in each of the 2,670 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.2 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.6 percent of the population.

24.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.6 percent were 65 years or older. 51.7 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 35,556 USD . The per capita income was $ 19,021. 14.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Gentry County

Citys

Village

gentry

Unincorporated Communities

structure

Gentry County is divided into eight townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Athens Township	2178	29-02386
Bogle Township	210	29-06868
Cooper Township	1859	29-16282
Howard Township	100	29-33328
Huggins Township	146	29-33598
Jackson Township	1425	29-35774
Miller Township	432	29-48224
Wilson Township	388	29-80188