Vernon County, Missouri

administration
Vernon County Courthouse
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Nevada
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 100 West Cherry Nevada, MO 64772-0000
Foundation :	1851
Area code :	001 417
Demographics
Residents :	21,159 (2010)
Population density :	9.8 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2168 km²
Water surface :	8 km²
map

Website : www.vernoncountymo.org

The Vernon County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 21,159 residents and a population density of 9.8 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Nevada .

geography

The county is located in southwest Missouri and borders Kansas to the west . It is bounded in the northeast by the Osage River and has an area of 2168 square kilometers, of which 8 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Vernon County:

Linn County, Kansas	Bates County	St. Clair County
Bourbon County, Kansas		Cedar County
Crawford County, Kansas	Barton County

history

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	4850	-
1870	11,247	131.9%
1880	19,369	72.2%
1890	31,505	62.7%
1900	31,619	0.4%
1910	28,827	-8.8%
1920	26,069	-9.6%
1930	25,031	-4%
1940	25,586	2.2%
1950	22,685	-11.3%
1960	20,540	-9.5%
1970	19,065	-7.2%
1980	19,806	3.9%
1990	19,041	-3.9%
2000	20,454	7.4%
2010	21,159	3.4%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Vernon County was formed in 1851. It was named after Colonel Miles Vernon , a future US Senator .

One location has National Historic Landmark status , the Carrington Osage Village Sites .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Vernon County had 21,159 people in 8,329 households. The population density was 9.8 people per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 96.5 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.6 percent of the population.

Statistically, 2.45 people lived in each of the 8,329 households.

24.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.4 percent were 65 years or older. 51.5 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 34,387 USD . The per capita income was $ 18,314. 21.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Vernon County localities

Citys

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partially in Cedar County}

structure

Vernon County is divided into 20 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Bacon Township	669	29-02872
Badger Township	476	29-02926
Blue Mound Township	400	29-06598
Center township	9664	29-12646
Clear Creek Township	645	29-14644
Coal Township	277	29-15166
Deerfield Township	911	29-18820
Dover Township	529	29-19972
Drywood Township	1387	29-20242
Harrison Township	299	29-30592

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Henry Township	231	29-31672
Lake Township	209	29-39818
Metz Township	374	29-47630
Montevallo Township	318	29-49484
Moundville Township	788	29-50348
Osage Township	295	29-55226
Richland Township	235	29-61634
Virgil Township	443	29-76318
Walker Township	536	29-76678
Washington Township	2473	29-77740