Callaway County, Missouri
The Callaway County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. In 2010, the County had 44 332 inhabitants and a population density of 20.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Fulton, which was named after Robert Fulton, the inventor of the steam boats.
Geography
The County is located just northeast of the geographical center of Missouri on the north bank of the Missouri River. It has an area of 2194 square kilometers, of which 21 square kilometers are water surface.
The north of the Missouri -lying parts of the city of Jefferson City, the state capital of Missouri belong to the Calloway County. East of it extends on both sides of the river known as the Missouri Rhineland, a region that has long operated strongly of viticulture German immigrants from the Rhineland and their descendants was coined.
At the Calloway County borders the following Nachbarcountys:
History
The Callaway County was formed on 25 November 1820 former parts of Montgomery County. It was named after James Calloway (1783-1815), an officer and grandson of Daniel Boone.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Callaway County 44 332 people in 15,786 households. The population density was 20.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 15,786 households lived statistically 2.50 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 92.0 percent white, 4.6 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 001.6000 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
22.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 65.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.3 percent were 65 years or older. 48.6 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 47,214. The per capita income was $ 21,521. 11.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Callaway County
Citys
- Auxvasse
- Fulton
- Holts Summit
- Jefferson City1
- Mokane
- New Bloomfield
Villages
- Kingdom City
- Lake Mykee Town
1 - partially in Cole County
Unincorporated communities
- Bachelor
- Boydsville
- Browns Ford
- Callaway
- Calwood
- Carrington
- Cedar City
- Concord
- Dixie
- Earl
- Eastville
- Guthrie
- Hams Prairie
- Hatton
- Hereford
- Lindbergh
- Millersburg
- North Jefferson
- Pitcher
- Portland
- Readville
- Reform
- Shamrock
- Steedman
- Stephens
- Tebbetts
- Toledo
- Wainwright
- Williamsburg
- Youngers
Structure
The Callaway County is divided into 18 townships:
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