Hickory County

administration
The Hickory County Courthouse in Hermitage
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Hermitage
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 3 Hermitage, MO 65668-0003
Foundation :	1845
Area code :	001 417
Demographics
Residents :	9627 (2010)
Population density :	9.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1066 km²
Water surface :	34 km²
map

The Hickory County is a county in the US state of Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 9,627 people and a population density of 9.3 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Hermitage , named after Andrew Jackson's residence in Tennessee .

geography

Pommes de Terre Lake

The county is located in central southwest Missouri in the Northern Ozarks . It has an area of 1066 square kilometers, of which 34 square kilometers are water. The county is traversed by the Osage River , which is dammed here to form Pomme de Terre Lake . The following neighboring counties border Hickory County:

	Benton County
St. Clair County		Camden County
	Polk County	Dallas County

history

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	2329	-
1860	4705	102%
1870	6452	37.1%
1880	7387	14.5%
1890	9453	28%
1900	9985	5.6%
1910	8741	-12.5%
1920	7033	-19.5%
1930	6430	-8.6%
1940	6506	1.2%
1950	5387	-17.2%
1960	4516	-16.2%
1970	4481	-0.8%
1980	6367	42.1%
1990	7335	15.2%
2000	8940	21.9%
2010	9627	7.7%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Hickory County was formed in 1845. It was named after Andrew Jackson , who was nicknamed Old Hickory .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , there were 9,627 people in 4,478 households in Hickory County. The population density was 9.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.13 people lived in each of the 4478 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.9 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.2 percent of the population.

17.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 52.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 29.9 percent were 65 years or older. 50.9 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 28,097 USD . The per capita income was $ 18,215. 15.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Hickory County

Citys

Village

Preston

Unincorporated Communities

structure

Hickory County is divided into ten townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Center township	874	29-12538
Cross Timbers Township	605	29-17542
Green Township	2384	29-28954
Hermitage Township	1136	29-31785
Jordan Township	171	29-37646
Montgomery Township	284	29-49502
Stark Township	958	29-70378
Tyler Township	1257	29-74320
Weaubleau Township	903	29-78082
Wheatland Township	1055	29-79108