Moniteau County

administration
The Moniteau County Courthouse in California, listed on the NRHP
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	California
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 200 East Main California, MO 65018
Foundation :	1845
Area code :	001 573
Demographics
Residents :	15,607 (2010)
Population density :	14.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1085 km²
Water surface :	6 km²
map

The Moniteau County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 15,607 people and a population density of 14.5 people per square kilometer. The county seat is California , named after California Wilson , a woman who paid the builders of the first houses with whiskey.

geography

The county is located near the geographic center of Missouri on the right bank of the Missouri River . It has an area of 1085 square kilometers, of which 6 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Moniteau County:

Cooper County		Boone County

Morgan County	Miller County	Cole County

history

Moniteau County was formed in 1845. It was named after the Moniteau Creek . Moniteau is the French expression for the Indian word Manitu , which means something like "great spirit".

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

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	6004	-
1860	10.124	68.6%
1870	11,375	12.4%
1880	14,346	26.1%
1890	15,630	9%
1900	15,931	1.9%
1910	14,375	-9.8%
1920	13,532	-5.9%
1930	12.173	-10%
1940	11,775	-3.3%
1950	10,840	-7.9%
1960	10,500	-3.1%
1970	10,742	2.3%
1980	12,068	12.3%
1990	12,298	1.9%
2000	14,827	20.6%
2010	15,607	5.3%
1900–1990 2000 2010

The Finke Opera House , listed in NRHP No. 04000214

According to the 2010 census , Moniteau County had 15,607 people in 5,475 households. The population density was 14.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.59 people lived in each of the 5475 households.

The racial the population was composed of 94.1 percent white, 3.9 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 4.0 percent of the population regardless of ethnicity.

24.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.8 percent were 65 years or older. 47.4 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 47,162 USD . The per capita income was $ 19,267. 11.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Moniteau County

Citys

Village

Jamestown

Unincorporated Communities

structure

Moniteau County is divided into seven townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Burris Fork Township	700	29-09910
Harrison Township	752	29-30556
Linn Township	1292	29-43220
Moreau Township	740	29-49862
Pilot Grove Township	1275	29-57638
Walker Township	6992	29-76642
Willow Fork Township	3856	29-80080