O'Brien County, Iowa
The O'Brien County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. In the census in 2010, the County had 14,398 inhabitants and a population density of 9.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Primghar.
Geography
The County is located in northwest Iowa, is in the north about 35 miles from Minnesota, and to the west about 50 miles from North Dakota and has an area of 1,485 square kilometers, without significant water surface. It borders the following Nachbarcountys:
History
The O'Brien County was formed on 15 January 1851 former parts of Cherokee County. However, the self- management only began on 25 January 1860. It was named for William Smith O'Brien ( 1803-1864 ), a leader of the Irish Revolution of 1848.
1856 arrived as the first settlers Hannibal H. Waterman, his wife Hannah H. Waterman and her daughter Emily O'Brien County with two ox-carts and a few household items and a little seed and settled at the Waterman Place known today. In the following years more settlers arrived and in 1860 was Hannah Waterman lessons for the first children in the county. The first school building was erected in 1869 but. Until 1872 the seat of the county government on the Moding farm was about five kilometers west of Peterson.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in O'Brien County 14,398 people in 6,035 households. The population density was 9.7 people per square kilometer.
The racial the population was composed of 96.0 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 3.8 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
In the 6,035 households lived statistically 2.28 per person.
23.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.0 percent were between 18 and 64, and 20.4 percent were 65 years or older. 50.2 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 43,292. The per capita income was $ 24,647. 9.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in O'Brien County
Citys
- Archer
- Calumet
- Hartley
- Paullina
- Primghar
- Sanborn
- Sheldon1
- Sutherland
Unincorporated communities
- Gaza
- German Town
- Moneta
- Knight
1 - partially in Sioux County
Structure
The O'Brien County is divided into 16 townships:
- Baker Township
- Caledonia Township
- Carroll Township
- Center Township
- Dale Township
- Floyd Township
- Franklin Township
- Grant Township
- Hartley Township
- Highland Township
- Liberty Township
- Lincoln Township
- Omega Township
- Summit Township
- Union Township
- Waterman Township