Mitchell County, Iowa

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Mitchell The County Courthouse in Osage, listed on NRHP No. 77000542 [1]
Mitchell The County Courthouse in Osage, listed on NRHP No. 77000542
administration
US state : Iowa
Administrative headquarters : Osage
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
508 State Street
Osage, IA 50461-1250
Foundation : 1851
Made up from: Chickasaw County
Area code : 001 641
Demographics
Residents : 10,776  (2010)
Population density : 8.9 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1216 km²
Water surface : 1 km²
map
Map of Mitchell County within Iowa
Website : www.mitchellcoia.us

The Mitchell County is a county in the US state of Iowa . At the 2010 census , the county had 10,776 people and a population density of 8.9 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Osage , named after Orrin Sage, an early patron of the city.

geography

The county is located in northeast Iowa, borders Minnesota to the north and covers an area of ​​1,216 square kilometers, one square kilometer of which is water. It borders on the following neighboring counties:

Mower County,
Minnesota
Worth County Compass card (de) .svg Howard County
Cerro Gordo County Floyd County Chickasaw County

history

J. Mitchel

Mitchell County was formed in 1851 from former parts of Chickasaw County. It was named after John Mitchel (1815–1875), an Irish patriot.

10 of the county's structures are on the National Register of Historic Places .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1860 3409 -
1870 9582 181.1%
1880 14,363 49.9%
1890 13,299 -7.4%
1900 14,916 12.2%
1910 13,435 -9.9%
1920 13,921 3.6%
1930 14,065 1 %
1940 14,121 0.4%
1950 13,945 -1.2%
1960 14,043 0.7%
1970 13,108 -6.7%
1980 12,329 -5.9%
1990 10,928 -11.4%
2000 10,874 -0.5%
2010 10,776 -0.9%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000–2010
Downtown Osage, listed in the NRHP since 2002
Stacyville

As of the 2010 census , Mitchell County had 10,776 people in 4,186 households. The population density was 8.9 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 98.6 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.0 percent of the population.

Statistically, 2.51 people lived in each of the 4,186 households.

24.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 53.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.7 percent were 65 years or older. 50.7 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 46,684  USD . The per capita income was $ 22,622. 9.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in Mitchell County

Citys

Unincorporated Communities

1 - partially in Howard County

structure

Mitchell County is divided into 16 townships :

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places.Retrieved March 13, 2011
  2. ^ Mitchell County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.Retrieved February 26, 2011
  3. ^ National Association of Counties. Retrieved January 22, 2012
  4. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 26, 2017.
  5. ^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011
  6. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 16, 2011
  7. ↑ a b U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Mitchell County, IA ( July 14, 2011 memento on WebCite ) Retrieved January 22, 2012
  8. ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 02001030. Retrieved January 22, 2012
  9. ↑ 2010 US Census Iowa Township and Other Subdivision Population. Retrieved July 23, 2019 .

Web links

Commons : Mitchell County, Iowa  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 43 ° 21 ′  N , 92 ° 47 ′  W