Howell County

administration
Howell County Courthouse
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	West Plains
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 1 Courthouse Street West Plains, MO 65775-3400
Foundation :	March 2, 1857
Made up from:	Oregon County
Area code :	001 417
Demographics
Residents :	40,400 (2010)
Population density :	16.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2404 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map

Website : www.howellcounty.net

The Howell County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 the county had 40,400 residents and a population density of 16.8 people per square kilometer. The county seat is West Plains .

geography

The county is located in southern Missouri in the Ozarks and borders Arkansas . It has an area of 2404 square kilometers, of which two square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Howell County:

	Texas County	Shannon County
Douglas County Ozark County		Oregon County
	Fulton County, Arkansas

history

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	3169	-
1870	4218	33.1%
1880	8814	109%
1890	18,618	111.2%
1900	21,834	17.3%
1910	21,065	-3.5%
1920	21,102	0.2%
1930	19,672	-6.8%
1940	22,270	13.2%
1950	22,725	2%
1960	22,027	-3.1%
1970	23,521	6.8%
1980	28,807	22.5%
1990	31,447	9.2%
2000	37,238	18.4%
2010	40,400	8.5%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Howell County was formed on March 2, 1857 from parts of Oregon County . It was named after Josiah Howell , who built the first settlement here.

The first county assembly was held in a log cabin in 1876, about two kilometers east of West Plains. The first prison, built of wood, was destroyed in 1862 during the Civil War. In 1866, all county records were destroyed in a fire. A new courthouse was built in West Plains in 1869.

Demographic data

After the census in 2010 40,400 people lived in Howell County in 15,404 households. The population density was 16.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.56 people lived in 15,404 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.6 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.7 percent of the population.

24.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.4 percent were 65 years or older. 51.5 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 35,282 USD . The per capita income was $ 17,135. 19.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Howell County localities

Citys

Unincorporated Communities

structure

Howell County is divided into twelve townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Benton Township	2127	29-04690
Chapel Township	586	29-13168
Dry Creek Township	1777	29-20188
Goldsberry Township	4126	29-27748
Howell Township	19,681	29-33382
Hutton Valley Township	1094	29-34120

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Myatt Township	655	29-50960
Siloam Springs Township	757	29-67844
Sisson Township	1516	29-68078
South Fork Township	1109	29-68780
Spring Creek Township	1972	29-69644
Willow Springs Township	5000	29-80116