Knox County, Missouri

administration
Knox County Courthouse
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Edina
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 107 N 4th Street Edina, MO 63537-1470
Foundation :	1845
Area code :	001 660
Demographics
Residents :	4131 (2010)
Population density :	3.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1313 km²
Water surface :	3 km²
map

Website : www.knoxcountymo.org

The Knox County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 4,131 residents and a population density of 3.2 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Edina , which was named after the city of Edinburgh in Scotland .

geography

The county is located in northern Missouri, about 25 miles north of Iowa and about 50 miles east of Illinois . It has an area of 1313 square kilometers, of which 3 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Knox County:

	Scotland County	Clark County
Adair County		Lewis County
Macon County	Shelby County

history

H. Knox

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	2894	-
1860	8727	201.6%
1870	10,974	25.7%
1880	13,047	18.9%
1890	13,501	3.5%
1900	13,479	-0.2%
1910	12,403	-8th %
1920	10,783	-13.1%
1930	9658	-10.4%
1940	8878	-8.1%
1950	7617	-14.2%
1960	6558	-13.9%
1970	5692	-13.2%
1980	5508	-3.2%
1990	4482	-18.6%
2000	4361	-2.7%
2010	4131	-5.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Knox County was formed in 1845. It was named after Henry Knox (1750-1806), the first US Secretary of War from 1789 to 1794.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Knox County had 4,131 people in 1,746 households. The population density was 3.2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.28 people lived in each of the 1746 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.1 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.1 percent of the population.

24.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.2 percent were 65 years or older. 50.5 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 33,029 USD . The per capita income was $ 18,481. 20.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Knox County

Citys

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

structure

Knox County is divided into 13 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Bee Ridge Township	121	29-03988
Benton Township	188	29-04708
Bourbon Township	101	29-07552
Center township	1176	29-12556
Colony Township	180	29-15652
Fabius Township	223	29-23158
Greensburg Township	400	29-29386

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Jeddo Township	85	29-36660
Liberty Township	311	29-42176
Lyon township	484	29-44732
Myrtle Township	415	29-51032
Salt River Township	249	29-65576
Shelton Township	198	29-67286

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 758506. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

↑ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Knox County, MO ( Memento of the original from July 13, 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 November 1, 2012 @1@ 2

^ ^A ^b National Association of Counties.Retrieved November 1, 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 November 1, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / mcdc.missouri.edu

Web links

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[1] GNIS-ID: 758506. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).