Ripley County, Missouri

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Ripley County Courthouse
Ripley County Courthouse
administration
US state : Missouri
Administrative headquarters : Doniphan
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
Courthouse Circle
Doniphan, MO 63935-0000
Foundation : 1833
Area code : 001 573
Demographics
Residents : 14,100  (2010)
Population density : 8.7 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1636 km²
Water surface : 6 km²
map
Map of Ripley County within Missouri

The Ripley County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 14,100 residents and a population density of 8.7 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Doniphan , named after Alexander William Doniphan , an officer in the Mexican-American War .

geography

The county is located in southeast Missouri in the Ozarks and borders Arkansas to the south . It has an area of ​​1636 square kilometers, of which 6 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties in Missouri:

Carter County
Oregon County Compass card (de) .svg Butler County
Randolph County,
Arkansas 		Clay County,
Arkansas

history

Eleazer Ripley
Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1840 2856 -
1850 2830 -0.9%
1860 3747 32.4%
1870 3175 -15.3%
1880 5377 69.4%
1890 8512 58.3%
1900 13,186 54.9%
1910 13,099 -0.7%
1920 12,061 -7.9%
1930 11,176 -7.3%
1940 12,606 12.8%
1950 11,414 -9.5%
1960 9096 -20.3%
1970 9803 7.8%
1980 12,458 27.1%
1990 12.303 -1.2%
2000 13,509 9.8%
2010 14,100 4.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Ripley County was formed in 1833. It was named after Eleazer Wheelock Ripley (1782-1839), a general and member of the United States Congress .

General William Joseph Hardee and his troops had their headquarters here during the first half of the American Civil War . The residents supported him as much as they could and from this county alone several thousand soldiers and eight colonels joined the Confederate army.

Eight structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 6, 2018).

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Ripley County had 14,100 people in 5,558 households. The population density was 8.7 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.49 people lived in each of the 5558 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.8 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.9 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.3 percent of the population, regardless of ethnicity.

23.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.7 percent were 65 years or older. 50.6 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 29,369  USD . The per capita income was $ 15,115. 24.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Ripley County

Citys

Unincorporated Communities

structure

Ripley County is divided into 16 townships :

Township Population
(2010) 		FIPS
Current River Township 216    29-17866
Doniphan Township 5656    29-19810
Flatwoods Township 650    29-24544
Gatewood Township 394    29-26704
Harris Township 744    29-30448
Johnson Township 549    29-37448
Jordan Township 1026    29-37664
Kelley Township 51    29-38144
Township Population
(2010) 		FIPS
Pine Township 221    29-57728
Poynor Township 297    29-59456
Shirley Township 721    29-67570
Thomas Township 871    29-72970
Union Township 377    29-74950
Varner Township 657    29-75778
Washington Township 989    29-77668
West Doniphan Township 681    29-78712

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 758545. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Ripley County, MO. Retrieved November 17, 2012
  3. ↑ a b National Association of Counties. Retrieved November 17, 2012
  4. ^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011
  5. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 18, 2011
  6. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 6, 2018.
  7. ↑ Missouri Census Data Center  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 17, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / mcdc.missouri.edu  

Web links

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Coordinates: 36 ° 40 ′  N , 90 ° 52 ′  W