Holt County, Missouri

administration
Holt County Courthouse
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Oregon
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P. O. Box 437 Oregon, MO 64473-0437
Foundation :	1841
Area code :	001 660
Demographics
Residents :	4912 (2010)
Population density :	4.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1215 km²
Water surface :	19 km²
map

Website : holtcounty.org

The Holt County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 4,912 people and a population density of 4.1 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Oregon , which was named after the Oregon Territory .

geography

The county is located in northwest Missouri on the Missouri River , which forms the border with Kansas and Nebraska . To the east, the county is bounded by the Nodaway River .

Holt County covers an area of 1,215 square kilometers, of which 19 square kilometers are water.

The following neighboring counties border Holt County:

Nemaha County, Nebraska	Atchison County	Nodaway County and Andrew County
Richardson County, Nebraska
Brown County, Kansas	Doniphan County, Kansas	Andrew County

Protected areas

history

Holt County was formed in 1841 on the area of Indian land ceded to Missouri by the Platte Purchase in 1836 . It was named after David Rice Holt , an MP in Platte County , which was then also the area of what is now Holt County .

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	3957	-
1860	6550	65.5%
1870	11,652	77.9%
1880	15,509	33.1%
1890	15,469	-0.3%
1900	17,083	10.4%
1910	14,539	-14.9%
1920	14,084	-3.1%
1930	12,720	-9.7%
1940	12,476	-1.9%
1950	9833	-21.2%
1960	7885	-19.8%
1970	6654	-15.6%
1980	6882	3.4%
1990	6034	-12.3%
2000	5351	-11.3%
2010	4912	-8.2%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Holt County had 4,912 people in 2,219 households. The population density was 4.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.22 people lived in each of the 2219 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.6 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 1.0 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.0 percent of the population.

20.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.1 percent were 65 years or older. 50.5 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 40,261 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,666. 14.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Holt County localities

Citys

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

structure

Holt County is divided into twelve townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Benton Township	1493	29-04672
Bigelow Township	200	29-05482
Clay Township	522	29-14410
Forbes Township	166	29-24976
Forest Township	353	29-25048
Hickory Township	189	29-31852

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Lewis Township	1051	29-41798
Liberty Township	195	29-42140
Lincoln Township	58	29-42770
Minton Township	124	29-48836
Nodaway Township	151	29-52706
Union Township	410	29-74680

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 758498. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

↑ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Holt County, MO ( Memento of the original from July 11, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 27, 2012 @1@ 2

^ ^A ^b National Association of Counties.Retrieved October 27, 2012

^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011

^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 18, 2011

↑ Missouri Census Data Center ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 27, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / mcdc.missouri.edu

Web links

Commons : Holt County, Missouri - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

40.09 -95.21Coordinates: 40 ° 5 ′ N , 95 ° 13 ′ W

[1] GNIS-ID: 758498. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).