Sibley County

administration
Sibley County Courthouse, listed on the NRHP since 1988
US state :	Minnesota
Administrative headquarters :	Gaylord
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 171 Gaylord, MN 55334-0171
Foundation :	March 5, 1853
Made up from:	Dakota County
Area code :	001 507
Demographics
Residents :	15,226 (2010)
Population density :	10 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1555 km²
Water surface :	30 km²
map

Website : www.co.sibley.mn.us

The Sibley County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , the county had 15,226 residents and a population density of 10 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Gaylord .

geography

The county is located in south central Minnesota on the west bank of the Minnesota River . It has an area of 1555 square kilometers, of which 30 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Sibley County:

	McLeod County	Carver County
Renville County		Scott County
	Nicollet County	Le Sueur County

history

Henry Hastings Sibley

Sibley County was formed on March 5, 1853 from parts of Dakota County. It was named after Henry Hastings Sibley (1811-1891), the first governor of Minnesota (1858-1860).

Historical objects

The former Sibley County Courthouse in Henderson, listed on the NRHP since 1982
Henderson Commercial Historic District , listed on the NRHP
August F. Poehler House , listed in the NRHP

Other objects:

List of entries on the National Register of Historic Places in Sibley County

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	3609	-
1870	6725	86.3%
1880	10,637	58.2%
1890	15.199	42.9%
1900	16,862	10.9%
1910	15,540	-7.8%
1920	15,635	0.6%
1930	15,865	1.5%
1940	16,625	4.8%
1950	15,816	-4.9%
1960	16,228	2.6%
1970	15,845	-2.4%
1980	15,448	-2.5%
1990	14,366	-7%
2000	15,356	6.9%
2010	15,226	-0.8%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Sibley County had 15,226 people in 6,103 households. The population density was 10 people per square kilometer. In the 6103 households there were statistically 2.42 people each.

The racial the population was composed of 97.5 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 7.6 percent of the population.

25.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.3 percent were 65 years or older. 49.9 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 52,482 USD . The per capita income was $ 24,563. 12.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Sibley County

Citys

^{1 - partly in Le Sueur County}

structure

In addition to the eight cities, Sibley County is divided into 17 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Alfsborg Township	323	27-00982
Arlington Township	543	27-02170
Bismarck Township	314	27-06130
Cornish Township	243	27-13348
Dryden Township	287	27-16426
Faxon Township	701	27-20726
Grafton Township	238	27-24794
Green Isle Township	524	27-25676
Henderson Township	728	27-28412

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Jessenland Township	444	27-31922
Kelso Township	292	27-32714
Moltke Township	279	27-43612
New Auburn Township	418	27-45394
Severance Township	253	27-59242
Sibley Township	255	27-60124
Transit township	276	27-65380
Washington Lake Township	498	27-68368