Hitchcock County

administration
Hitchcock County Courthouse
US state :	Nebraska
Administrative headquarters :	Trenton
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 229 East D Street P.O. Box 248 Trenton, NE 69044-0248
Foundation :	1873
Area code :	001 308
Demographics
Residents :	2908 (2010)
Population density :	1.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1861 km²
Water surface :	22 km²
map

Website : www.hitchcockcounty.ne.gov

Hitchcock County is a county in the US state of Nebraska . The county seat is Trenton , named after the city of Trenton in New Jersey .

geography

The county is located in southwest Nebraska, borders the state of Kansas and has an area of 1,861 square kilometers, of which 22 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Red Willow Counties , Dundy Counties , Hayes Counties , and Frontier Counties

history

Hitchcock County was formed in 1873. It was named after the US Senator Phineas Warren Hitchcock .

Four buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 11, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	1012	-
1890	5799	473%
1900	4409	-24%
1910	5415	22.8%
1920	6045	11.6%
1930	7269	20.2%
1940	6404	-11.9%
1950	5867	-8.4%
1960	4829	-17.7%
1970	4051	-16.1%
1980	4079	0.7%
1990	3750	-8.1%
2000	3111	-17%
2010	2908	-6.5%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Hitchcock County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Massacre Canyon Battlefield , listed in the NRHP

St. Paul's Methodist Protestant Church , listed on the NRHP

Weyl Service Station , listed in the NRHP

According to the 2000 census , Hitchcock County had 3,111 people in 1,287 households and 899 families. The population density was 2 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 98.36 percent white, 0.10 percent African American, 0.29 percent Native American, 0.13 percent Asian and 0.29 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.84 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.41 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 1,287 households, 28.0 percent had children and adolescents under the age of 18 living with them. 61.1 percent were married couples living together, 6.4 percent were single mothers, 30.1 percent were non-families, 27.4 percent were single households and 15.5 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.89 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 23.80% residents under 18 years of age, 5.90% between 18 and 24 years of age, 22.60% between 25 and 44 years of age, 25.40% between 45 and 64 years of age 22.30% were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 95.0 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 92.6 men.

The median income for a household in the county was $ 28,287 , and the median income for a family was $ 34,490. Males had a median income of $ 25,833 versus $ 18,879 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,804. 10.9 percent of families and 14.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 22.9 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 8.4 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Places in the county

Trenton

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 835865. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 11, 2018.
^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 17, 2011
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 17, 2011
↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010) ( Memento of July 11, 2011 on WebCite ) Retrieved on April 13, 2012
↑ Hitchcock County, Nebraska - Datasheet showing the results of the 2000 census at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

40.18 -101.04Coordinates: 40 ° 11 ′ N , 101 ° 2 ′ W

[1] GNIS-ID: 835865. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[2] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 11, 2018.

[3] US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 17, 2011

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

[5] Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010) ( Memento of July 11, 2011 on WebCite ) Retrieved on April 13, 2012

[6] Hitchcock County, Nebraska - Datasheet showing the results of the 2000 census at factfinder.census.gov .