Stone County, Missouri

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Stone County Courthouse
Stone County Courthouse
administration
US state : Missouri
Administrative headquarters : Galena
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
P. O. Box 45
Galena, MO 65656-0045
Foundation : 1851
Area code : 001 417
Demographics
Residents : 32,202  (2010)
Population density : 26.8 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1323 km²
Water surface : 123 km²
map
Map of Stone County within Missouri
Website : www.stoneco-mo.us

The Stone County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 32,202 residents and a population density of 26.8 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Galena .

The western part of Branson is a well-known tourist destination in Stone County .

geography

Table Rock Lake

The county is located in southwest Missouri in the middle of the Ozarks on the White River dammed up to Table Rock Lake . It borders Arkansas to the south and has an area of ​​1323 square kilometers, of which 123 square kilometers are water. The following counties border Stone County:

Lawrence County Christian County
Barry County Compass card (de) .svg Taney County
Carroll County,
Arkansas

history

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1860 2400 -
1870 3233 34.7%
1880 4404 36.2%
1890 7090 61%
1900 9892 39.5%
1910 11,559 16.9%
1920 11,941 3.3%
1930 11,614 -2.7%
1940 11,298 -2.7%
1950 9748 -13.7%
1960 8176 -16.1%
1970 9921 21.3%
1980 15,587 57.1%
1990 19,078 22.4%
2000 28,658 50.2%
2010 32.202 12.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Stone County was formed in 1851 from former parts of Greene and Taney Counties. It was named after John W. Stone from Tennessee , one of the first white settlers in the region.

The first of whites operated settlement was made in 1806 by Joseph Philibert , who was accompanied by two Delaware - Indians the White River had come up.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Stone County had 32,202 people in 13,529 households. The population density was 26.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.35 people lived in each of the 13,529 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.2 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.7 percent of the population.

18.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 24.4 percent were 65 years or older. 50.7 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 41,351  USD . The per capita income was $ 21,748. 16.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Stone County towns

Citys

Villages

Census-designated place (CDP)

other unincorporated communities

1 - mostly in Taney County
2 - partly in Barry County

structure

Stone County is divided into 21 townships :

Township Population
(2010) 		FIPS
Alpine Township 686    29-00892
Cass Township 1445    29-11836
Flat Creek A Township 1590    29-24478
Flat Creek B Township 634    29-24482
Grant Township 669    29-28558
Hurley Township 1036    29-33940
Lincoln Township 781    29-42878
McKinley Township 482    29-45182
Pierce Township 1954    29-57458
Pine A Township 2109    29-57749
Pine B Township 2086    29-57751
Township Population
(2010) 		FIPS
Ponce de Leon Township 602    29-58988
Ruth A Township 4227    29-63761
Ruth B City Township 2400    29-63763
Ruth B Rural Township 3268    29-63764
Ruth C Township 3489    29-63766
Ruth C Rural Township 528    29-63770
Sunset Cove Township 705    29-71736
Union Township 512    29-75004
Washington Township 1792    29-77722
Williams Township 79954    29-1207
 

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 758557. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Stone County, MO. Retrieved October 5, 2012
  3. ^ A b National Association of Counties.Retrieved October 5, 2012
  4. ^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011
  5. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 18, 2011
  6. ^ E-ReferenceDesk - Stone County.Retrieved April 18, 2012
  7. ↑ 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 October 5, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / mcdc.missouri.edu  

Web links

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Coordinates: 36 ° 44 ′  N , 93 ° 28 ′  W