Howard County, Missouri

Howard County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Fayette
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 1 Courthouse Square Fayette, MO 65248-1283
Foundation :	1816
Made up from:	St. Louis County St. Charles County
Area code :	001 660
Demographics
Residents :	10,144  (2010)
Population density :	8.4 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1219 km²
Water surface :	12 km²
map

The Howard County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 10,144 people and a population density of 8.4 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Fayette , named after Marie-Joseph Motier, Marquis de La Fayette , a French general and politician who took part in the American Revolutionary War on the colonist side and played an important role in the French Revolution .

geography

The county is located in north central Missouri on the north bank of the Missouri River . It has an area of ​​1219 square kilometers, of which 12 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Howard County:

Chariton County		Randolph County
Saline County
	Cooper County	Boone County

history

Howard

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1820	13,426		-
1830	10,854		-19.2%
1840	13,108		20.8%
1850	13,969		6.6%
1860	15,946		14.2%
1870	17,233		8.1%
1880	18,428		6.9%
1890	17,371		-5.7%
1900	18,337		5.6%
1910	15,653		-14.6%
1920	13,997		-10.6%
1930	13,490		-3.6%
1940	13,026		-3.4%
1950	11,857		-9%
1960	10,859		-8.4%
1970	10,561		-2.7%
1980	10,008		-5.2%
1990	9631		-3.8%
2000	10,212		6%
2010	10.144		-0.7%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

On June 7, 1804, Lewis and Clark reached the area of ​​the later county as part of the well-known Lewis and Clark expedition , on the way from the Rocky Mountains towards the Pacific, and stayed here for the night.

The first settlers in the area built three forts to defend themselves against Native American people: Fort Cooper , Fort Hempstead, and Fort Kincaid . Fort Cooper was about three kilometers southwest of Boone's Lick , Fort Kincaid was to the southeast, about 15 km away, about 2 km north of today's Boonville Railroad Bridge, and Fort Kincaid was about one kilometer north of Fort Kincade.

Howard County was formed on January 13, 1816 as the ninth county from parts of St. Louis and St. Charles Counties. It was named after Benjamin Howard (1760-1814), the first governor of the newly named Missouri Territory in 1812 , from which, among other things, the state of Missouri emerged. From the then approximately 22,000 square miles county went u. a. Counties Adair, Boone, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Clay, Clinton, Cole, Cooper, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Henry, Johnson, Lafayette, Linn, Livingston, Macon, Mercer, Moniteau, Morgan, Pettis, Putnam, Randolph, Ray, Saline, Sullivan, and Worth Counties. Parts of the neighboring counties in Iowa also came from Howard County.

25 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 6, 2018).

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Howard County had 10,144 people in 3,856 households. The population density was 8.4 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.35 people lived in 3856 households.

The racial the population was composed of 91.9 percent white, 5.4 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.4 percent of the population.

21.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.6 percent were 65 years or older. 50.4 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 42,067  USD . The per capita income was $ 21,829. 15.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Howard County localities

Citys

Armstrong Fayette Franklin

Glasgow 1 New Franklin

Unincorporated Communities

Boonesboro Bunker Hill Burton Estill

Hilldale Lisbon Petersburg Punkin Center

Roanoke Sebree Stonemason

^{1 - partially in Chariton County}

structure

Howard County is divided into eight townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Bonne Femme Township	625	29-07084
Boonslick Township	521	29-07300
Burton Township	173	29-09964
Chariton Township	1575	29-13222
Franklin Township	1798	29-25642
Moniteau Township	1026	29-49232
Prairie Township	750	29-59546
Richmond Township	3676	29-61652

See also

• List of entries on the National Register of Historic Places in Howard County, Missouri

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 758499. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English). 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Howard County, MO ( Memento of the original from July 11, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 27, 2012  
3. ^ ^{A b} National Association of Counties.Retrieved October 27, 2012
4. ^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011
5. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 18, 2011
6. ^ The History of Howard and Cooper Counties , National Historical Company, St. Louis, 1883, pp. 88-99
7. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 6, 2018.
8. ↑ 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  

Web links

Commons : Howard County, Missouri  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• www.city-data.com - Howard County, MO
• Detailed description of the county's role in the American Civil War , Part 1
• Detailed description of the county's role in the American Civil War , Part 2

Coordinates: 39 ° 8 ′  N , 92 ° 42 ′  W