Howard County (Missouri)

The Howard County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. In 2010, the County had 10,144 inhabitants and a population density of 8.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Fayette, named after Marie -Joseph Motier, Marquis de La Fayette, a French general and politician who took part on the side of the colonists in the American Revolutionary War and played an important role in the French Revolution.

Geography

The County is located in north-central Missouri on the north bank of the Missouri River. It has an area of ​​1219 square kilometers, of which 12 square kilometers are water surface. At the Howard County border Nachbarcountys following:

History

On June 7, 1804 Lewis and Clark reached in the context of known Lewis and Clark expedition, on the way from the Rocky Mountains toward the Pacific, the area of ​​the later county and spent the night here.

The first settlers in this area built three forts for defense against the Indians: Fort Cooper, Fort Hempstead, and Fort Kincaid. Fort Cooper was about three kilometers southwest of Boone's Lick, Fort Kincaid was in the southeast, was about 15 km, 2 km north of the present Boonville Railroad Bridge and Fort Kincaid was about a kilometer north of Fort Kincade.

The Howard County was formed on 13 January 1816 as ninth County from parts of St. Louis and St. Charles County. It was named for Benjamin Howard (1760-1814), the first governor of the newly named 1812 Missouri Territory, which spawned, among others, the state of Missouri. From the then- some 22,000 square miles County were among others the counties Adair, Boone, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Clay, Clinton, Cole, Cooper, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Henry, Johnson, Lafayette, Linn, Livingston, Macon, Mercer, Moniteau, Morgan, Pettis, Putnam, Randolph, Ray, Saline, Sullivan and Worth County. Also parts of the adjoining counties in Iowa came from the Howard County.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Howard County 10,144 people in 3856 households. The population density was 8.4 people per square kilometer. In the 3856 households lived statistically 2.35 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 91.9 percent white, 5.4 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

21.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.6 percent were 65 years or older. 50.4 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was $ 42,067. The per capita income was $ 21,829. 15.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in Howard County

Citys

  • Armstrong
  • Fayette
  • Franklin
  • Glasgow1
  • New Franklin

Unincorporated communities

  • Boonesboro
  • Bunker Hill
  • Burton
  • Estill
  • Hilldale
  • Lisbon
  • Petersburg
  • Punkin Center
  • Roanoke
  • Sebree
  • Stonemason

1 - partially in Chariton County

Structure

The Howard County is divided into eight townships:

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