St. Charles County

St. Charles County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	St. Charles
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 300 N. Second Street Saint Charles, MO 63301-0000
Foundation :	1812
Area code :	001 636
Demographics
Residents :	360,485  (2010)
Population density :	248.4 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	1534 km²
Water surface :	83 km²
map
Website : www.sccmo.org

The St. Charles County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 the county had 360,485 residents and a population density of 248.4 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Saint Charles .

St. Charles County is part of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area .

geography

The county is located in east Missouri at the confluence of the Missouri River with the Mississippi , which forms the border with Illinois . It has an area of ​​1534 square kilometers, of which 83 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border St. Charles County:

Lincoln County	Calhoun County, Illinois	Jersey County (Illinois)
Warren County		Madison County (Illinois)
	Franklin County	St. Louis County

history

C. Borromeo

First State Capitol in St. Charles, listed on the NRHP since 1969

The St. Charles County was founded in 1812. It was named, like the district capital of Saint Charles, after the former Spanish district of San Carlos , then named after Carlo Borromeo (1538–1584), a saint of the Roman Catholic Church.

The city of St. Charles was the first capital of the state of Missouri and is still home to the First State Capitol today .

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

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1810	3505		-
1820	3970		13.3%
1830	4320		8.8%
1840	7911		83.1%
1850	11,454		44.8%
1860	16,523		44.3%
1870	21.304		28.9%
1880	23,065		8.3%
1890	22,977		-0.4%
1900	24,474		6.5%
1910	24,695		0.9%
1920	22,828		-7.6%
1930	24,354		6.7%
1940	25,562		5%
1950	29,834		16.7%
1960	52,970		77.5%
1970	92,954		75.5%
1980	144.107		55%
1990	212.907		47.7%
2000	283,883		33.3%
2010	360.485		27%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , St. Charles County had 360,485 people in 127,228 households. The population density was 248.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.65 people lived in each of the 127,228 households.

The racial the population was composed of 90.7 percent white, 4.1 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 2.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

25.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.2 percent were 65 years or older. 50.9 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 68,669  USD . The per capita income was $ 30,517. 5.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

St. Charles County localities

Citys

Cottleville Dardenne Prairie Flint Hill Foristell 1 Lake St. Louis

New Melle O'Fallon Portage Des Sioux Saint Charles Saint Paul

Saint Peters Weldon Spring Wentzville West Alton

Towns

• Augusta
• Weldon Spring Heights

Village

• Josephville

Unincorporated Communities

All Saints Village Black Walnut bladder Boschertown Cappeln Dardenne Defiance

Elm Point Enone Femme Osage company Flinthill Gardnerville Gilmore

Hamburg Harvester Howell Jacobs Kampville Klondike Doing

Marais Croche Matson Nona Orchard Farm Pauldingville Peruque Seeburger

Schluersburg South Shore St. Clement Weldon Whitecorn Wilkie

^{1 - partially in Warren County}

structure

St. Charles County is divided into 14 townships :

Township Population (2010) FIPS Boone Township 41,639    29-07232 Cottleville Township 23,534    29-16681 Dardenne Township 26,303    29-18244 Frontier Township 26,850    29-26120 Harvester Township 20,573    29-30812 Lake St. Louis Township 28,254    29-40047 Lindenwood Township 19,602    29-43026

Township Population (2010) FIPS O'Fallon Township 26,560    29-54080 Rivers Township 22,257    29-62112 St. Peters Township 18,256    29-65130 Spencer Creek Township 20.198    29-69434 Weldon Spring Township 26,126    29-78316 Wentzville Township 39,997    29-78448 Zumbehl Township 20,336    29-81555

See also

• List of entries on the National Register of Historic Places in St. Charles County

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 758546. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English). 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - St. Charles County, MO. Retrieved November 19, 2012
3. ^ ^{A b} National Association of Counties.Retrieved November 19, 2012
4. ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 69000313.Retrieved November 25, 2011
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 19, 2012  

Web links

Commons : St. Charles County, Missouri  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Official website
• St. Charles County Chamber of Commerce
• www.city-data.com - St. Charles County

Coordinates: 38 ° 46 ′  N , 90 ° 37 ′  W