Muscatine County

administration
The Muscatine County Courthouse in Muscatine, listed on the NRHP since 1981
US state :	Iowa
Administrative headquarters :	Muscatine
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 401 East 3rd Street Muscatine, IA 52761-4118
Foundation :	December 7, 1836
Made up from:	Des Moines County
Area code :	001 563
Demographics
Residents :	42,745 (2010)
Population density :	37.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1163 km²
Water surface :	27 km²
map

Website : www.muscatineiowa.gov

The Muscatine County is a county in the US state of Iowa . At the 2010 census , the county had 42,745 residents and a population density of 37.6 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Muscatine .

geography

The county is located in eastern Iowa, borders Illinois to the southeast , the border being formed by the Mississippi River and an area of 1,163 square kilometers, of which 27 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following neighboring counties:

Johnson County	Cedar County	Scott County
		Rock Island County (Illinois)
	Louisa County

history

Muscatine County was formed on December 7, 1836 from former parts of Des Moines County. It was named after Muscatine Island in the Mississippi.

In 1833, Colonel George Davenport of Illinois sent three representatives to the territory to set up a trading post. These were probably the first whites to live here permanently. In the same year, James W. Casey and John Vanatta came to the area. On June 1, 1833, they opened a supply depot called Casey's Woodpile for steamers. The first official land sale began in November 1838 at $ 1.25 an acre, and construction of the courthouse and prison began a year later.

On December 23, 1864, this courthouse was completely destroyed by fire and in the following two years a new one was built in the same place. The construction of the courthouse, which is still in use today, began on September 26, 1907.

26 of the county's structures and sites are on the National Register of Historic Places .

Historical objects

Ward House in West Liberty, listed on the NRHP since 1997
Lock and Dam No. 16 , listed in the NRHP since 2004
Pine Creek Gristmill in Muscatine, listed on the NRHP since 1979
West Liberty Commercial Historic District , listed on the NRHP since 2002

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	1942	-
1850	5731	195.1%
1860	10,444	82.2%
1870	21,688	107.7%
1880	23,170	6.8%
1890	24,504	5.8%
1900	28,242	15.3%
1910	29,505	4.5%
1920	29,042	-1.6%
1930	29,385	1.2%
1940	31,296	6.5%
1950	32,148	2.7%
1960	33,840	5.3%
1970	37.181	9.9%
1980	40,436	8.8%
1990	39.907	-1.3%
2000	41,722	4.5%
2010	42,745	2.5%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000–2010

As of the 2010 census , Muscatine County had 42,745 people in 16,503 households. The population density was 37.6 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 89.0 percent white, 1.4 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.8 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 15.9 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Statistically, 2.54 people lived in each of the 16,503 households.

26.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.7 percent were 65 years or older. 50.3 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 48,671 USD . The per capita income was $ 24,029. 12.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in Muscatine County

Citys

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partly in Scott County

2 - partly in Cedar and in Scott County

3 - to a small part in Cedar County}

structure

Muscatine County is divided into 14 townships :

Individual evidence

↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 81000260.Retrieved January 25, 2012

↑ Muscatine County in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.Retrieved February 28, 2011
^ National Association of Counties.Retrieved November 30, 2011
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 26, 2017.
↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 97000388.Retrieved November 30, 2011
↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 04000176.Retrieved November 30, 2011
↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 79000919.Retrieved November 30, 2011
↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 02001035.Retrieved November 30, 2011
^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011
^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 16, 2011
↑ ^a ^b U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Muscatine County, IA ( July 15, 2011 memento on WebCite ) Retrieved March 7, 2012
↑ 2010 US Census Iowa Township and Other Subdivision Population. Retrieved July 23, 2019 .

Web links

Commons : Muscatine County, Iowa - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

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[1] Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 81000260.Retrieved January 25, 2012