Warren County (Illinois)

administration
Warren County Courthouse
US state :	Illinois
Administrative headquarters :	Monmouth
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Warren County Courthouse Public Square Monmouth, IL 61462
Foundation :	January 13, 1825
Made up from:	Pike County
Area code :	001 309
Demographics
Residents :	17,707 (2010)
Population density :	12.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1407 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map

Website : www.warrencountyil.com

The Warren County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , the county had 17,707 residents and a population density of 12.6 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Monmouth .

geography

The county is located in northwest Illinois, about 35 km to the north and about 50 km to the south from the Mississippi River and thus from Iowa .

It has an area of 1407 km², of which 2 km² are water. Henderson Creek and Swan Creek flow through the county .

The following neighboring counties border Warren County:

	Mercer County
Henderson County		Knox County
	McDonough County	Fulton County

history

J. Warren

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	308	-
1840	6739	2,088%
1850	8176	21.3%
1860	18,336	124.3%
1870	23,174	26.4%
1880	22,933	-1 %
1890	21,281	-7.2%
1900	23.163	8.8%
1910	23,313	0.6%
1920	21,488	-7.8%
1930	21,745	1.2%
1940	21,286	-2.1%
1950	21,981	3.3%
1960	21,587	-1.8%
1970	21,595	0%
1980	21,943	1.6%
1990	19,181	-12.6%
2000	18,735	-2.3%
2010	17,707	-5.5%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Warren County was formed on January 13, 1825 from parts of Pike County . It was named after Joseph Warren (1741–1775), a general in the Massachusetts militia, killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill .

The most famous resident was the future sheriff and gunslinger Wyatt Earp , who was born in Monmouth. The student associations Pi Beta Phi (1867) and Kappa Kappa Gamma (1870) , which are known in the United States, were also founded in Monmouth .

Territorial development

Warren County from its inception in 1825 to 1831
1831 to 1835
1835 to 1841
1841 until today

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , Warren County had 17,707 people in 6,878 households. The population density was 12.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.42 people lived in each of the 6,878 households.

The racial the population was composed of 91.3 percent white, 1.7 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 8.4 percent of the population.

22.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.0 percent were 65 years or older. 51.4 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 41,636 USD . The per capita income was $ 20,047. 13.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Warren County localities

City

Monmouth

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partially in Mercer County}

structure

Warren County is divided into 15 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Berwick Township	327	17-05560
Coldbrook Township	467	17-15404
Ellison Township	337	17-23516
Floyd Township	472	17-26610
Greenbush Township	533	17-31277
Hale Township	344	17-32226
Kelly Township	346	17-39396
Lenox Township	280	17-42847

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Monmouth Township	10,463	17-50023
Point Pleasant Township	157	17-60898
Roseville Township	1213	17-65858
Spring Grove Township	1013	17-72065
Sumner Township	572	17-73716
Swan Township	265	17-74093
Tompkins Township	918	17-75692