Emmet County (Iowa)

The Emmet County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Estherville.

Geography

The County is located in northwestern Iowa, on the border of Minnesota and is drained by the upper Des Moines River. It has an area of 1,042 square kilometers, of which 17 square kilometers are water surface. At the Emmet County borders the following counties:

History

The Emmet County was formed in 1851 and was one of 50 counties that have been established at the initiative of Governor Stephen Hempstead. It was named after Robert Emmet (1778-1803), an Irish rebel leader.

The first white settlers arrived but not until 1856 in until then only administrative law existing County, which was administered by the Webster County from.

In 1859 own administration has been established. As the administrative center Estherville was selected. A separate judicial and administrative building was initially not built until 1876 because an earlier was used for this purpose. This was in 1876 by ​​fire.

After between an alternative county seat was envisaged, it was agreed in 1883 final at Estherville. Immediately afterwards, a new courthouse was built in the middle of the city.

From about 1916 the need for a more modern building was found, but only in 1954 whose construction was decided. In 1957 the foundation stone was laid, a year later the completion of today's Emmet County Courthouse.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Emmet County 10,302 people in 4,329 households. The population density was 10.1 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 93.1 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 7.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

In the 4,329 households lived statistically 2.24 per person.

23.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.8 percent were 65 years or older. 50.1 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was $ 42,979. The per capita income was $ 22,985. 11.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line

Places in Emmet County

  • Armstrong
  • Dolliver
  • Estherville
  • Gruver
  • Ringsted
  • Wallingford

Unincorporated communities

  • Huntington
  • Maple Hill

Structure

The Emmet County is divided into 12 townships:

  • Armstrong Grove Township
  • Center Township
  • Denmark Township
  • Ellsworth Township
  • Emmet Township
  • Estherville Township
  • High Lake Township
  • Iowa Lake Township
  • Jack Creek Township
  • Lincoln Township
  • Swan Lake Township
  • Twelve Mile Lake Township
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