Henry County (Missouri)
The Henry County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. In 2010, the County had 22,272 inhabitants and a population density of 12.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Clinton, which was named after the New York Governor DeWitt Clinton.
Geography
The County is located in western Missouri in the northwestern Ozarks and is about 50 miles from Kansas away. It has an area of 1897 square kilometers, of which 78 square kilometers are water surface. The county is drained by the Osage River, which was dammed here for the Harry S. Truman Reservoir. At the Henry County borders the following Nachbarcountys:
History
The Henry County was formed on 1834 as Rives County, named after William Cabell Rives, a U.S. Senator from Virginia. After his move to the Whig Party, he lost his popularity and the County was renamed in Henry County, named after it was Patrick Henry, an American patriot from Virginia.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010, lived in Henry County 22272 people in 9459 households. The population density was 12.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 9459 households lived statistically 2.34 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 96.3 percent white, 1.3 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.9 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
22.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.7 percent were 65 years or older. 51.1 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 35,706. The per capita income was $ 20,304. 16.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Henry County
Citys
- Blairstown
- Brownington
- Calhoun
- Clinton
- Deepwater
- Montrose
- Urich
- Windsor1
Villages
- Hartwell
- La Due
- Tightwad
Unincorporated communities
- Alberta
- Bowen
- Coal
- Delmar
- Finey
- Gaines
- Garland
- German Town
- Harvey
- Hortense
- Huntingdale
- Leesville
- Lewis
- Livingston
- Lucas
- Maurine
- Mount Zion
- New Piper
- Norris
- Petersburg
- Piper
- Quarles
- Roseland
- Shawnee Mound
1 - partially in Pettis County
Structure
The Henry County is divided into 19 townships: