Pipestone County

administration
Pipestone County Courthouse, listed on NRHP No. 80002121
US state :	Minnesota
Administrative headquarters :	Pipestone
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 416 Hiawatha Avenue S. Pipestone, MN 56164-1566
Foundation :	May 23, 1857
Made up from:	Brown County
Area code :	001 507
Demographics
Residents :	9596 (2010)
Population density :	8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1207 km²
Water surface :	1 km²
map

Website : www.pipestone-county.com

The Pipestone County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , the county had 9,596 people and a population density of 8 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Pipestone .

geography

The county is located in southwest Minnesota on the plateau called Coteau des Prairies , which extends to Iowa in the south and South Dakota in the west. It borders South Dakot to the west and has an area of 1,207 square kilometers, one square kilometer of which is water. The following neighboring counties border Pipestone County:

Brookings County, South Dakota	Lincoln County	Lyon County
Moody County, South Dakota		Murray County
Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Rock county	Nobles County

history

Pipestone County was formed on May 23, 1857 from parts of Brown County. It was named after the quarries of the mineral catlinite , from which the Prairie Indians carve the heads of their peace pipes. The pits are designated as Pipestone National Monument .

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	2092	-
1890	5132	145.3%
1900	9264	80.5%
1910	9553	3.1%
1920	12,050	26.1%
1930	12,238	1.6%
1940	13,794	12.7%
1950	14.003	1.5%
1960	13,605	-2.8%
1970	12,791	-6%
1980	11,690	-8.6%
1990	10,491	-10.3%
2000	9895	-5.7%
2010	9596	-3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Pipestone Public Library , listed on the NRHP

Split Rock Bridge , listed on the NRHP

According to the 2010 census , Pipestone County had 9,596 people in 3,929 households. The population density was 8 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.38 people lived in the 3,929 households.

The racial the population was composed of 94.9 percent white, 1.1 percent African American, 1.3 percent Native American, 0.9 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.9 percent of the population.

24.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.9 percent were 65 years or older. 51.4 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 42,217 USD . The per capita income was $ 23,310. 11.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Pipestone County

Citys

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partially in Rock County}

structure

In addition to the nine cities, Pipestone County is divided into twelve townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Aetna Township	194	27-00298
Altona Township	153	27-01216
Burke Township	209	27-08650
Eden Township	278	27-18062
Elmer Township	231	27-18908
Fountain Prairie Township	188	27-22130

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Grange Township	203	27-25208
Gray Township	225	27-25478
Osborne Township	286	27-48832
Rock township	182	27-54916
Sweet Township	324	27-63886
Troy township	289	27-65614