Henry County, Missouri

administration
The Henry County Courthouse, Clinton, listed on the NRHP as part of No. 07000019
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Clinton
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 100 W. Franklin Street Clinton, MO 64735-2088
Foundation :	1834
Area code :	001 660
Demographics
Residents :	22,272 (2010)
Population density :	12.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1897 km²
Water surface :	78 km²
map

Website : henrycomo.com

The Henry County is a county in the US state of Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 22,272 residents and a population density of 12.2 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Clinton , which was named after New York Governor DeWitt Clinton .

geography

The county is located west of Missouri in the Northwest Ozarks and is approximately 50 km from Kansas . It has an area of 1897 square kilometers, of which 78 square kilometers are water. The county is traversed by the Osage River , which was dammed here to form the Harry S. Truman Reservoir . The following neighboring counties border Henry County:

Cass County	Johnson County	Pettis County
Bates County		Benton County
	St. Clair County

history

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	4726	-
1850	4052	-14.3%
1860	9806	142%
1870	17.401	77.5%
1880	23,906	37.4%
1890	28,235	18.1%
1900	28,054	-0.6%
1910	27,242	-2.9%
1920	25,116	-7.8%
1930	22,931	-8.7%
1940	22,313	-2.7%
1950	20,043	-10.2%
1960	19,226	-4.1%
1970	18,451	-4%
1980	19,672	6.6%
1990	20,044	1.9%
2000	21,997	9.7%
2010	22,272	1.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Henry County was formed as Rives County on 1834, named after William Cabell Rives , a US Senator from Virginia . After his move to the Whig Party , he lost his popularity and the county was renamed Henry County, it was named after Patrick Henry , an American patriot from Virginia.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Henry County had 22,272 people in 9,459 households. The population density was 12.2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.34 people lived in each of the 9 459 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.3 percent white, 1.3 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.9 percent of the population.

22.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.7 percent were 65 years or older. 51.1 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 35,706 USD . The per capita income was $ 20,304. 16.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Henry County localities

Citys

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partially in Pettis County}

structure

Henry County is divided into 19 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Bear Creek Township	183	29-03736
Bethlehem Township	731	29-05140
Big Creek Township	272	29-05392
Bogard Township	663	29-06850
Clinton Township	8595	29-15004
Davis Township	241	29-18388
Deepwater Township	573	29-18748
Deer Creek Township	406	29-18784
Fairview Township	828	29-23482
Fields Creek Township	1654	29-24148

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Honey Creek Township	216	29-32860
Leesville Township	1079	29-41384
Osage Township	779	29-55136
Shawnee Township	471	29-67088
Springfield Township	297	29-70018
Tebo Township	844	29-72592
Walker Township	209	29-76624
White Oak Township	758	29-79504
Windsor Township	3473	29-80368