Montgomery County, Iowa

administration
The Montgomery County Courthouse in Red Oak, listed on NRHP No. 81000259
US state :	Iowa
Administrative headquarters :	Red Oak
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 469 Red Oak, IA 51566-0469
Foundation :	1851
Area code :	001 712
Demographics
Residents :	10,740 (2010)
Population density :	9.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1100 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map

Website : www.montgomerycountyiowa.com

The Montgomery County is a county in the US state of Iowa . At the 2010 census , the county had 10,740 people and a population density of 9.8 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Red Oak .

geography

The county is located in southwest Iowa, about 25 miles from Nebraska to the west and about 25 miles from Missouri to the south, and covers an area of 1,100 square kilometers, of which two square kilometers are water. It borders on the following neighboring counties:

Pottawattamie County		Cass County
Mills County		Adams County
Fremont County	Page County	Taylor County

history

Montgomery

The area of what is now Montgomery County was acquired by the Potawatomi Indian tribe in 1846 and was then part of Potawatami County. In 1851 the Montgomery County was spun off from this, which was named after Richard Montgomery (1738-1775), a general in the Continental Army in the American War of Independence , which fell in 1775 in the Battle of Québec .

Elections were held for the first time in the county in 1853, but this was initially co-administered by Adams County. A separate administrative seat was established, which was in the middle of the county and was named after the city of Frankfort , Kentucky .

The first court and administration building was erected there in 1857. It was a simple wooden house measuring 12 by 6 meters. After a competition between Frankfort and Red Oak , the seat was moved to Red Oak. The old courthouse was moved from Frankfort to Red Oak by ox carts.

The building was no longer able to cope with the growing tasks. There were two failed attempts in 1873 and 1883 to erect a new building there. It was not until 1889 that a decision was made to erect a new building, which was handed over to its intended purpose a year later and is still in use today. The sandstone and red brick building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.

In 1984 the building was modernized; Elevators have been installed and access for the handicapped has been created.

A total of 15 structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	1256	-
1870	5934	372.5%
1880	15,895	167.9%
1890	15,848	-0.3%
1900	17,803	12.3%
1910	16.604	-6.7%
1920	17,048	2.7%
1930	16,752	-1.7%
1940	15,697	-6.3%
1950	15,685	-0.1%
1960	14,467	-7.8%
1970	12,781	-11.7%
1980	13,413	4.9%
1990	12,076	-10%
2000	11,771	-2.5%
2010	10,740	-8.8%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000–2010

As of the 2010 census , Montgomery County's 10,740 people were living in 4,716 households. The population density was 9.8 people per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 97.4 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Statistically, 2.26 people lived in 4,716 households.

23.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.9 percent were 65 years or older. 51.5 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 39,430 USD . The per capita income was $ 20,992. 14.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.