Linn County, Missouri

administration
Linn County Courthouse
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Linneus
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P. O. Box 92 Linneus, MO 64653-0092
Foundation :	1837
Area code :	001 660
Demographics
Residents :	12,761 (2010)
Population density :	7.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1610 km²
Water surface :	3 km²
map

The Linn County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 12,761 people and a population density of 7.9 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Linneus , which was named either after Senator Linn or after the Swedish botanist Carl von Linné .

geography

The county is located in northern Missouri and is approximately 70 km from Iowa . It covers an area of 1610 square kilometers, of which 3 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Linn County:

Grundy County	Sullivan County	Adair County
Livingston County		Macon County
	Chariton County

history

L. F. Linn

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	2215	-
1850	4058	83.2%
1860	9112	124.5%
1870	15,900	74.5%
1880	20,016	25.9%
1890	24,121	20.5%
1900	25.503	5.7%
1910	25,253	-1 %
1920	24,778	-1.9%
1930	23,339	-5.8%
1940	21,416	-8.2%
1950	18,865	-11.9%
1960	16,815	-10.9%
1970	15,125	-10.1%
1980	15,495	2.4%
1990	13,885	-10.4%
2000	13,754	-0.9%
2010	12,761	-7.2%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Linn County was formed in 1837. It was named after Lewis F. Linn , a US Senator from Missouri.

From Laclede came John J. Pershing (1860-1948), Commander-in-Chief of US troops in Europe during World War I.

One place in the county has National Historic Landmark status , the Gen. John J. Pershing Boyhood Home State Historic Site .

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , Linn County had 12,761 people in 5,062 households. The population density was 7.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.53 people lived in 5062 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.4 percent white, 0.9 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.6 percent of the population.

24.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.3 percent were 65 years or older. 51.9 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 37,706 USD . The per capita income was $ 20,742. 14.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Linn County localities

Citys

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partly in Sullivan County

2 - partly in Chariton County}

structure

Linn County is divided into 14 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Baker Township	196	29-03016
Benton Township	508	29-04726
Brookfield Township	5208	29-08668
Bucklin Township	733	29-09406
Clay Township	248	29-14446
Enterprise Township	84	29-22438
Grantsville Township	257	29-28612

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Jackson Township	173	29-35864
Jefferson Township	725	29-36854
Locust Creek Township	544	29-43526
Marceline Township	2693	29-45884
North Salem Township	149	29-53300
Parson Creek Township	856	29-56378
Yellow Creek Township	387	29-81304