Posey County

administration
Posey County Courthouse
US state :	Indiana
Administrative headquarters :	Mount Vernon
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 745 Mount Vernon, IN 47620-0745
Foundation :	September 7, 1814
Made up from:	Gibson County Knox County Warrick County
Area code :	001 812
Demographics
Residents :	25,910 (2010)
Population density :	24.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1086 km²
Water surface :	28 km²
map

The Posey County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Indiana . In 2010 the county had 25,910 residents and a population density of 24.5 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Mount Vernon .

geography

The county is located in the extreme southwest of Indiana at the confluence of the Wabash River in the Ohio , which form the border with Illinois and Kentucky . Posey County covers an area of 1,086 square kilometers, of which 28 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties to Posey County:

White County (Illinois)		Gibson County
		Vanderburgh County
Gallatin County, Illinois	Union County (Kentucky)	Henderson County, Kentucky

history

Thomas Posey

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1820	4061	-
1830	6549	61.3%
1840	9683	47.9%
1850	12,549	29.6%
1860	16,167	28.8%
1870	19,185	18.7%
1880	20,857	8.7%
1890	21,529	3.2%
1900	22,333	3.7%
1910	21,670	-3%
1920	19,334	-10.8%
1930	17,853	-7.7%
1940	19,183	7.4%
1950	19,818	3.3%
1960	19,214	-3%
1970	21,740	13.1%
1980	26,414	21.5%
1990	25,968	-1.7%
2000	27,061	4.2%
2010	25,910	-4.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Posey County was formed on September 7, 1814 from parts of Gibson Counties, Knox Counties and Warrick Counties. It was named after Thomas Posey (1750-1818), a general in the American Revolutionary War and governor of the Indiana Territory (1813-1816).

The first county seat was in Blackford, in the northeast corner of Marrs Township. In 1817 the seat was moved to Springfield. By resolution of February 12, 1825, Mount Vernon was elected the seat of county government.

Posey County has a National Historic Landmark , the New Harmony Historic District . A total of 19 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of September 3, 2017).

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Posey County had 25,910 people in 10,446 households. The population density was 25.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.47 people lived in the 10,446 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.2 percent white, 0.9 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.0 percent of the population.

23.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.4 percent were 65 years or older. 50.2 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 55,517 USD . The per capita income was $ 26,983. 8.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Posey County

City

Mount Vernon

Towns

Unincorporated Communities

structure

Posey County is divided into ten townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Bethel Township	311	18-05014
Black Township	9450	18-05428
Center township	1433	18-11584
Harmony Township	1338	18-31504
Lynn Township	895	18-45450
Marrs Township	5177	18-47250
Point Township	381	18-60858
Robb Township	1881	18-65052
Robinson Township	3942	18-65124
Smith Township	1102	18-70164