Doniphan County, Kansas

Doniphan County is a county located in the state of Kansas in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Troy. The county is one of the Dry counties, which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

Geography

The County is located in the extreme northeast of Kansas, on the east by Missouri, on the north by Nebraska, where the boundary is formed by both the Missouri River and has an area of 1028 square kilometers, of which 13 square kilometers are water surface. It borders in Kansas clockwise to the following counties: Atchison County and Brown County.

History

Doniphan County was formed on 30 August 1855 as original county of free territory and is one of the first 33 counties that were formed by the first territorial administration. From 18 September of the same year it had its own administration. It was named after Alexander W. Doniphan, who played a major role in the Mexican-American War.

Attractions

The Native American Heritage Museum, 3 km east of Highland, is an original preserved Presbyterian mission from 1845, where earlier Indian children from Iowa and Missouri were taught.
Nelson Rodgers House in Troy, built in 1856
The Four -state Lookout in White Cloud is a viewing platform overlooking the Missouri, over in the states of Missouri and Nebraska and in good weather until after Iowa.
The Townsite of Old Doniphan. Here camped the Lewis and Clark expedition on July 4, 1804.

Demographic data

1900-1990 2000 2010

According to the census in 2000 lived in Doniphan County 8,249 people in 3,173 households, and 2,183 families in Doniphan County. The population density was 8 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 94.85 percent White, 2.00 percent African American, 1.21 percent Native American, 0.25 percent Asian, and 0.40 percent from other races; 1.29 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.16 per cent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 3,173 households out of which 32.6 percent of children under 18 who lived with them. 56.4 percent were married couples living together, 8.7 percent were single mothers and 31.2 percent were non-families. 27.6 percent of all households were single-person households and 14.2 percent living alone who is 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.03 persons.

25.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 11.8 percent of 18 to 24 years 24.7 percent between 25 and 44, 22.0 percent between 45 and 64 years, and 16.2 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 98.6 males. For every 100 adult women 18 years and older 96.2 males.

The median income for a household was $ 32,537, and the median income for a family was $ 39,357. Males had a median income of $ 28,096, women $ 19,721. The per capita income was $ 14,849. 9.0 percent of families and 11.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in County

Bendena
Blair
Denton
Doniphan
Elwood
Fanning
Highland
Iowa Point
Leona
Moray
Palermo
Purcell
Severance
Sparks
Troy
Wathena
White Cloud

Townships

Burr Oak Township
Center Township
Independence Township
Iowa Township
Marion Township
Union Township
Washington Township
Wayne Township
Wolf River Township

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