Greene County (Iowa)

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

Geography

The County is located west of the geographic center of Iowa and is drained by the Racoon River. It has an area of 1,479 square kilometers, of which seven square kilometers of water surface. At the Greene County borders the following counties:

History

1900-1990 2000-2010

The Greene County was formed on 15 January 1851 former parts of Dallas County and managed from 1854 itself. It was named (1742-1786), a general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War after General Nathanael Greene.

The first settler was 1849 Truman Davis. He moved to the Racoon River.

The first courthouse, built of wood, was built in 1856. Before you held court in a log cabin in the southeast of Jefferson. The second courthouse, made ​​of red brick, was built in 1870. The building still in use was built in 1917 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010, lived in Greene County 9,336 people in 4,311 households. The population density was 6.3 people per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 97.6 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.8 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

In the 4,311 households lived statistically 2.18 per person.

23.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.9 percent were 65 years or older. 50.6 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was $ 44,476. The per capita income was $ 23,727. 11.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line

Places in Greene County

Citys

  • Churdan
  • Dana
  • Grand Junction
  • Jefferson
  • Paton
  • Ralston1
  • Rippey
  • Scranton

Unincorporated communities

  • Adaza
  • Cooper
  • Farlin

1 - partly in Carroll County

Structure

The Greene County is divided into 15 townships:

  • Bristol Township
  • Cedar Township
  • Dawson Township
  • Franklin Township
  • Grant Township
  • Greenbrier Township
  • Hardin Township
  • Highland Township
  • Jackson Township
  • Junction Township
  • Kendrick Township
  • Paton Township
  • Scranton Township
  • Washington Township
  • Willow Township

The city of Jefferson Township belongs to no.

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