Saline County, Missouri

Saline County Courthouse, listed on the NRHP
administration
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Marshall
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 101 E Arrow Street Marshall, MO 65340-2124
Foundation :	1820
Area code :	001 660
Demographics
Residents :	23,370  (2010)
Population density :	11.9 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1980 km²
Water surface :	23 km²
map

The Saline County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 23,370 residents and a population density of 11.9 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Marshall , named after John Marshall , a US politician, secretary of state , founder of Constitutional Law and presiding judge at the Supreme Court of the United States .

geography

The county is located in central northwest Missouri on the right bank of the Missouri River . It has an area of ​​1980 square kilometers, of which 23 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Saline County:

Carroll County		Chariton County
Lafayette County		Howard County
	Pettis County	Cooper County

history

Saline County was formed in 1820. It was named after the salt mines found in this region. Today's Saline County was one of the historic settlement areas of the Missouri Indians before it was driven into the reservations .

Three places in the county have National Historic Landmark status , Arrow Rock Historic District , George Caleb Bingham House, and Utz Site . 33 buildings and sites in the county are registered in the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 6, 2018).

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1830	2873		-
1840	5258		83%
1850	8843		68.2%
1860	14,699		66.2%
1870	21,672		47.4%
1880	29,911		38%
1890	33,762		12.9%
1900	33,703		-0.2%
1910	29,448		-12.6%
1920	28,826		-2.1%
1930	30,598		6.1%
1940	29,416		-3.9%
1950	26,694		-9.3%
1960	25,148		-5.8%
1970	24,633		-2%
1980	24,919		1.2%
1990	23,523		-5.6%
2000	23,756		1 %
2010	23,370		-1.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Saline County had 23,370 people in 8,939 households. The population density was 11.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.41 people lived in each of the 8939 households.

The racial the population was composed of 90.6 percent white, 5.5 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian, 0.6 percent Polynesian and other ethnic groups; 2.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 8.5 percent of the population.

22.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.8 percent were 65 years or older. 50.5 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 38,818  USD . The per capita income was $ 18,581. 19.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Saline County localities

Citys		Villages
Blackburn 1 Emma 1 Marshall Miami	Nelson Slater Sweet Springs	Arrow Rock Gilliam Grand Pass	Malta Bend Mount Leonard
Unincorporated Communities
Blue Lick Cambridge Cretcher Elmwood Fairville	Hardeman Herndon Marshall Junction Montague Hill Napton	New Frankfort Norton Orearville Ridge Prairie Saline City	Salt Springs Sharon Stanhope West Glasgow Wilton Springs

^{1 - partially in Lafayette County}

structure

Saline County is divided into eleven townships :

Township Population (2010) FIPS Arrow Rock Township 793    29-02062 Blackwater Township 357    29-06202 Cambridge Township 2431    29-10702 Clay Township 419    29-14500 Elmwood Township 654    29-22096 Grand Pass Township 562    29-28216

Township Population (2010) FIPS Liberty Township 601    29-42320 Marshall Township 14,595    29-46334 Miami Township 582    29-47702 Salt Fork Township 341    29-65504 Salt Pond Township 2035    29-65522

See also

• List of Entries on the National Register of Historic Places in Saline County, Missouri

Web links

Commons : Saline County, Missouri  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Saline County Sheriff's Office
• city-data.com - Saline County, MO

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GNIS ID: historical. Retrieved October 9, 2014 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Saline County, MO. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
3. ^ ^{A b} National Association of Counties. Retrieved November 18, 2012.
4. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Missouri . National Park Service , accessed February 6, 2018.
5. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 6, 2018.
6. ^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011.
7. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 18, 2011.
8. ↑ 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 18, 2012.  

Coordinates: 39 ° 8 ′  N , 93 ° 12 ′  W