Palo Alto County

administration
The Palo Alto County Courthouse in Emmetsburg
US state :	Iowa
Administrative headquarters :	Emmetsburg
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 1010 Broadway Street Emmetsburg, IA 50536-2483
Foundation :	January 15, 1851
Made up from:	Kossuth County
Area code :	001 712
Demographics
Residents :	9421 (2010)
Population density :	6.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1475 km²
Water surface :	14 km²
map

Website : www.paloaltocountyiowa.com

The Palo Alto County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . At the 2010 census , the county had 9,421 people and a population density of 6.4 people per square kilometer. By 2016 the population decreased to 9047. The administrative seat ( county seat ) is Emmetsburg , named after Robert Emmet , an Irish patriot.

geography

Emmetsburg on Five Island Lake

The county is located in northwest Iowa and is traversed by the western headwaters ( West Fork ) of the Des Moines River .

In the middle of the county is the Five Island Lake , a natural lake about three square kilometers in size.

To the north, the Minnesota border is about 35 km away. Palo Alto County covers an area of 1,475 square kilometers, of which 14 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following neighboring counties:

Dickinson County	Emmet County
Clay County		Kossuth County
Buena Vista County	Pocahontas County	Humboldt County

history

Battle of Palo Alto

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	132	-
1870	1336	912.1%
1880	4131	209.2%
1890	9318	125.6%
1900	14,354	54%
1910	13,845	-3.5%
1920	15,486	11.9%
1930	15,398	-0.6%
1940	16,170	5%
1950	15,891	-1.7%
1960	14,736	-7.3%
1970	13,289	-9.8%
1980	12,721	-4.3%
1990	10,669	-16.1%
2000	10.147	-4.9%
2010	9421	-7.2%
2016 estimate	9047	-4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000–2016

Palo Alto County was formed on January 15, 1851 from former parts of Kossuth County. It was named after a battlefield in the Mexican-American War .

A separate administration was set up in 1858 in a small town called Paoli. In 1859 the administration and court building was opened.

In 1874 it was decided to create a new city. A year later, the new town of Emmetsburg was ready to take up county administration. In 1880 a new courthouse was built. This was rebuilt several times and the prison was moved to another building. The last extension was completed by 1977.

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

population

As of the 2010 census , there were 9,421 people in 3,979 households in Palo Alto County. The population density was 6.4 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.24 people lived in each of the 3,979 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.8 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.6 percent of the population.

22.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.3 percent were 65 years or older. 50.3 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 42,800 USD . The per capita income was $ 23,071. 10.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities

Incorporated cities :

place	Residents 2010	Residents 2016
Emmetsburg	3904	3758
Graettinger	844	806
West Bend ¹	785	755
Ruthven	737	700
Mallard	274	266
Ayrshire	143	139
Cylinder	88	85
Curlew	58	56
Rodman	45	44

Unincorporated communities not recorded separately from the census :

^{1 - partially in Kossuth County}

structure

The Palo Alto County is divided into 16 townships :

Township	Population (2010)
Booth Township	90
Ellington Township	135
Emmetsburg Township	2834
Fairfield Township	236
Fern Valley Township	199
Freedom Township	1446
Great Oak Township	148
Highland Township	998

Township	Population (2010)
Independence Township	129
Lost Island Township	227
Nevada Township	107
Rush Lake Township	466
Silver Lake Township	304
Vernon Township	97
Walnut Township	1071
West Bend Township	934

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 465262. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
↑ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Palo Alto County, IA. Retrieved October 3, 2017
^ National Association of Counties. Retrieved January 29, 2012
^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011
^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 16, 2011
^ E-ReferenceDesk Palo Alto County, Iowa - County History.Retrieved March 1, 2011
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 26, 2017.
↑ ^a ^b American Fact Finder. Retrieved October 3, 2017
^ Census Data Center - Iowa. Retrieved October 3, 2017

Web links

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

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[1] GNIS-ID: 465262. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[U.S._Census_Buero,_State_&_County_QuickFacts-2] U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Palo Alto County, IA. Retrieved October 3, 2017

[3] National Association of Counties. Retrieved January 29, 2012

[4] US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011

[5] Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 16, 2011

[6] E-ReferenceDesk Palo Alto County, Iowa - County History.Retrieved March 1, 2011

[7] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 26, 2017.

[American_Fact_Finder-8] American Fact Finder. Retrieved October 3, 2017

[9] Census Data Center - Iowa. Retrieved October 3, 2017