Schuyler County, Missouri

administration
Schuyler County Courthouse
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Lancaster
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 187 Lancaster, MO 63548-0187
Foundation :	1845
Area code :	001 660
Demographics
Residents :	4431 (2010)
Population density :	5.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	798 km²
Water surface :	1 km²
map

The Schuyler County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 4,400 residents and a population density of 5.6 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Lancaster .

geography

The county is in the far north of Missouri and borders Iowa . It has an area of 798 square kilometers, of which 1 square kilometer is water. The following neighboring counties border Schuyler County:

Appanoose County, Iowa		Davis County, Iowa
Putnam County		Scotland County
	Adair County

history

Schuyler

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1850	3287	-
1860	6697	103.7%
1870	8820	31.7%
1880	10,470	18.7%
1890	11,249	7.4%
1900	10,840	-3.6%
1910	9062	-16.4%
1920	8383	-7.5%
1930	6951	-17.1%
1940	6627	-4.7%
1950	5760	-13.1%
1960	5052	-12.3%
1970	4665	-7.7%
1980	4979	6.7%
1990	4236	-14.9%
2000	4170	-1.6%
2010	4431	6.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Schuyler County was formed in 1845. It was named after Philip J. Schuyler , a member of the United States Congress and a US Senator from New York .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , there were 4,431 people in 2,097 households in Schuyler County. The population density was 5.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.07 people lived in 2097 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.6 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 9.2 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.8 percent of the population.

24.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.1 percent were 65 years or older. 51.6 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 31,358 USD . The per capita income was $ 18,410. 20.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Schuyler County

Cities

Village

Glenwood

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partially in Adair County}

structure

Schuyler County is divided into seven townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Chariton Township	131	29-13294
Fabius Township	757	29-23194
Glenwood Township	368	29-27532
Independence Township	306	29-35054
Liberty Township	1022	29-42338
Prairie Township	1119	29-59672
Salt River Township	728	29-65648