Miami County (Kansas)

The Miami County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Paola.

The Miami County is part of the metropolitan area of ​​Kansas City.

Geography

The County is located in Eastern Kansas, bordered by Missouri and has an area of ​​1,528 square kilometers, of which 35 square kilometers are water surface. It is bordered by the following counties:

History

The Miami County was formed on 25 August 1855, one of the first 33 counties that were formed by the first territorial administration. It was named after the Miami, a tribe of Native Americans.

Historical buildings

Located northwest of Osawatomie and southeast of Stanton on the 335th Street is the Carey 's Ford Bridge. In 1909, completed the bridge was taken on January 4, 1990 by the National Register of Historic Places under the number 89,002,179 as a historical monument.

Demographic data

2000 2010

According to the census in 2010 lived in Miami County 32 787 people in 11,543 households. The population density was 22 people per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 95.2 percent white, 1.3 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.5 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

In the 11,543 households lived statistically 2.59 per person.

26.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.3 percent were 65 years or older. 49.9 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was $ 57,705. The per capita income was $ 26,520. 9.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Cities and Towns

Citys

  • Fontana
  • Louisburg
  • Osawatomie
  • Paola
  • Spring hill1

1 - partially in Johnson County

Unincorporated communities

  • Antioch
  • Beagle
  • Block
  • Bucyrus
  • Chile
  • Henson
  • Hillsdale
  • Jingo
  • Lento
  • New Lancaster
  • O'Brien
  • Wrestler
  • Somerset
  • Stanton
  • Wagstaff
  • Wea

Townships

  • Marysville Township
  • Miami Township
  • Middle Creek Township
  • Mound Township
  • Osage Township
  • Osawatomie Township
  • Paola Township
  • Richland Township
  • Stanton Township
  • Sugar Creek Township
  • Ten Mile Township
  • Valley Township
  • Wea Township
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