Webster County, Missouri

administration
Webster County Courthouse
US state :	Missouri
Administrative headquarters :	Marshfield
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 529 Marshfield, MO 65706-0529
Foundation :	1855
Area code :	001 417
Demographics
Residents :	36,202 (2010)
Population density :	23.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1538 km²
Water surface :	1 km²
map

Website : www.webstercountymo.gov

The Webster County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Missouri . In 2010 , the county had 36,202 residents and a population density of 23.6 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Marshfield .

The former Route 66 , the most famous expressway connection between Chicago , Illinois and Santa Monica , California , runs through the county .

geography

The county is located in south-central Missouri on the Ozark Plateau , about 50 miles from Arkansas . It has an area of 1538 square kilometers, of which 1 square kilometer is water. The following neighboring counties border Webster County:

Dallas County		Laclede County
Greene County		Wright County
Christian County		Douglas County

history

Daniel Webster

Webster County was formed in 1855. It was named after Daniel Webster (1782-1852), a US politician , US senator and secretary of state .

On April 18, 1880, a tornado destroyed large parts of this area, killing 99 and injuring over 100.

Three locations in the county are on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 7, 2018).

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	7099	-
1870	10,434	47%
1880	12,175	16.7%
1890	15,177	24.7%
1900	16,640	9.6%
1910	17,377	4.4%
1920	16.609	-4.4%
1930	16,148	-2.8%
1940	17,226	6.7%
1950	15,072	-12.5%
1960	13,753	-8.8%
1970	15,562	13.2%
1980	20,414	31.2%
1990	23,753	16.4%
2000	31,045	30.7%
2010	36,202	16.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Webster County had 36,202 people in 12,928 households. The population density was 23.6 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 96.3 percent white, 0.9 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.7 percent of the population.

Statistically, there were 2.71 people each in the 12,928 households.

27.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.1 percent were 65 years or older. 49.5 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 40,889 USD . The per capita income was $ 18,699. 16.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Webster County localities

Citys

Rogersville ¹
Seymour

Village

Diggins

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partly in Greene County

2 - mostly in Wright County}

structure

Webster County is divided into 15 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Benton Township	4833	29-04782
Dallas Township	1653	29-18150
Diggins Township	2552	29-19495
East Ozark Township	2652	29-21024
Finley Township	2435	29-24256
Grant Township	2449	29-28576
Green Hill Township	1492	29-29248
Hazelwood Township	2846	29-31312

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
High Prairie Township	1102	29-32122
Jackson Township	1549	29-36188
Marshfield Township	7024	29-46546
Niangua Township	1150	29-52436
Union Township	1123	29-75058
Washington Township	1616	29-77758
West Ozark Township	1726	29-78862