Shelby County, Iowa

administration
The Shelby County Courthouse in Harlan, listed on the NRHP since 1978
US state :	Iowa
Administrative headquarters :	Harlan
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 612 Court Street Harlan, IA 51537-1441
Foundation :	January 15, 1851
Made up from:	Original county
Area code :	001 712
Demographics
Residents :	12,167 (2010)
Population density :	7.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1532 km²
Water surface :	1 km²
map

Website : shco.org

The Shelby County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Iowa . In 2010 , the county had 12,167 people and a population density of 7.9 people per square kilometer. By 2014 the population had decreased to 11,948. The county seat is Harlan , named after James Harlan , a former US Senator and Secretary of the Interior .

geography

The county is located in eastern Iowa, about 45 km to the east from the Missouri River , which forms the border with Nebraska . It has an area of 1532 square kilometers, one square kilometer of which is water.

The Shelby County is traversed from north to south by the West Nishnabotna River , which is part of the Mississippi River basin via the Nishnabotna River and the Missouri .

The following neighboring counties border Shelby County:

	Crawford County	Carroll County
Harrison County		Audubon County
	Pottawattamie County	Cass County

history

I. Shelby

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	818	-
1870	2540	210.5%
1880	12,606	396.3%
1890	17,611	39.7%
1900	17,932	1.8%
1910	16,552	-7.7%
1920	16,065	-2.9%
1930	17.131	6.6%
1940	16,720	-2.4%
1950	15,942	-4.7%
1960	15,825	-0.7%
1970	15,528	-1.9%
1980	15,043	-3.1%
1990	13,230	-12.1%
2000	13,173	-0.4%
2010	12,167	-7.6%
2014 estimate	11,948	-1.8%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010–2013

The Shelby County was formed on January 15, 1851 as the original county. It was named after General Isaac Shelby (1750-1826), a hero in the American Revolutionary War and first governor of Kentucky (1792-1796, 1812-1816).

On February 4, 1855, Shelbyville was established as the county seat. In April 1859 it became Harlan. A year later the first courthouse was built. In 1898 the construction of the second courthouse, this time made of stone and three stories, was commissioned and completed in 1892. In 1978 the building was completely renovated and still serves as a courthouse today.

population

According to the 2010 census , Shelby County had 12,167 people in 5,070 households. The population density was 7.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.37 people lived in 5070 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.9 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

23.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.9 percent were 65 years or older. 51.2 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 44,085 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,389. 10.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities

Incorporated cities and non-incorporated census-designated places (CDP) :

place	Residents 2010	Residents 2013	Type
Harlan	5106	5027	City
Elk Horn	662	647	City
Shelby ¹	641	624	City
Earling	437	434	City
Irwin	341	330	City
Defiance	284	277	City
Panama	221	217	City
Portsmouth	195	192	City
Westphalia	127	125	City
Kirkman	64	63	City
Tennant	68	67	City
Jacksonville	30th	58	CDP
Corley	26th	29	CDP

^{1 - partially in Pottawattamie County}

Unincorporated communities not recorded separately from the census :

structure

Shelby County is divided into 16 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Cass Township	447	19-90513
Center township	446	19-90627
Clay Township	933	19-90693
Douglas Township	272	19-91062
Fairview Township	255	19-91305
Greeley Township	205	19-91731
Grove Township	173	19-91791
Jackson Township	268	19-92160

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Jefferson Township	537	19-92256
Lincoln Township	371	19-92610
Monroe Township	251	19-92991
Polk Township	141	19-93447
Shelby Township	906	19-93834
Union Township	722	19-94266
Washington Township	456	19-94560
Westphalia Township	678	19-94689

The city of Harlan does not belong to any township.

Individual evidence

↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 78001258.Retrieved June 1, 2015
↑ GNIS-ID: 465271. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
↑ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Shelby County, IA. Retrieved June 1, 2015
↑ ^a ^b National Association of Counties.Retrieved June 1, 2015
^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011
^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 16, 2011
↑ ^a ^b American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 1, 2015
↑ Missouri Census Data Center - Iowa ( January 21, 2016 memento on the Internet Archive ). Retrieved June 1, 2015

Web links

Commons : Shelby County, Iowa - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

41.681388888889 -95.312777777778Coordinates: 41 ° 41 ′ N , 95 ° 19 ′ W

[1] Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 78001258.Retrieved June 1, 2015

[2] GNIS-ID: 465271. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[U.S._Census_Buero,_State_&_County_QuickFacts-3] U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Shelby County, IA. Retrieved June 1, 2015

[naco-4] National Association of Counties.Retrieved June 1, 2015

[5] US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011

[6] Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 16, 2011

[American_Fact_Finder-7] American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 1, 2015

[8] Missouri Census Data Center - Iowa ( January 21, 2016 memento on the Internet Archive ). Retrieved June 1, 2015