Bollinger County, Missouri
The Bollinger County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. In 2010, the County had 12,363 inhabitants and a population density of 7.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Marble Hill.
Geography
The County is located almost in the extreme southeast of Missouri, about 40 km from both Illinois and Kentucky is in the northeast and east away and has an area of 1609 square kilometers, of which one square kilometers of water surface. At the Bollinger County borders the following Nachbarcountys:
History
The Bollinger County was formed on March 1, 1851 from parts of Cape Girardeau County, Stoddard County and Wayne County. It was named after Colonel George F. Bollinger (1770-1842), an early settler in the area.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Bollinger County 12,363 people in 4,636 households. The population density was 7.7 people per square kilometer. In the 4,636 households lived statistically 2.60 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 97.9 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.8 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
23.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.7 percent were 65 years or older. 50.0 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 35,560. The per capita income was $ 17,625. 17.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Villages in Bollinger County
City
- Marble Hill
Villages
- Glen Allen
- Sedgewickville
- Zalma
Unincorporated communities
- Alliance
- Arab
- Bessville
- Bollinger Mill
- Buchanan
- Conrads Mill
- Dongola
- Drum
- Gipsy
- Glennon
- Grassy
- Greenbrier
- Grisham
- Cock
- Hurricane
- Laflin
- Leopold
- Lixville
- Lutesville
- Mayfield
- North Patton
- Patton
- Patton Junction
- Sank
- Schlatitz
- Scopus
- Shrum
- Sturdivant
- Tallent
Structure
The Bollinger County is divided into eight townships:
- Crooked Creek Township
- Filmore Township
- Liberty Township
- Lorance Township
- Scopus Township
- Union Township
- Wayne Township
- Whitewater Township