Mills County (Iowa)

The Mills County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. In the census in 2010, the County had 15,059 inhabitants and a population density of 13.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Glenwood.

The Mills County is part of the metropolitan area of ​​Omaha - Council Bluffs.

Geography

The County is located in southwest Iowa on the east bank of the Missouri River, which forms the border with Nebraska. There opens on the opposite bank to the Platte River one of its biggest tributaries in Missouri. About 40 km south of the Mills County, the limit is for the state of Missouri. The Mills County has an area of ​​1,139 square kilometers, of which eight square kilometers of water surface. It borders the following Nachbarcountys:

History

The first settlement by whites was founded in 1846 by Mormons and called Rushville. After the site was initially renamed Coonsville, he got in 1853 the present name Glenwood.

The Mills County was formed in 1851 from former parts of Pottawattamie County. It was named after Major Frederick Mills, a young officer from Burlington, Iowa, in 1847 in the Mexican - American War fell.

The first judicial and administrative building was a 6 m by 3.5 m large building that made 1857 a new two-story house square. In 1900 the building was extended in 1910 was followed by a clock tower. 1959 a new courthouse was built, which still serves this function today.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Mills County 15,059 people in 5,406 households. The population density was 13.3 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 97.2 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 2.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

In the 5,406 households lived statistically 2.55 per person.

25.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.4 percent were 65 years or older. 49.7 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was $ 54,646. The per capita income was $ 24,554. 9.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in Mills County

Citys

  • Emerson
  • Glenwood
  • Hastings
  • Henderson
  • Malvern
  • Pacific Junction
  • Silver City
  • Tabor1

Unincorporated communities

  • Hillside
  • Mineola

1 - partially in Fremont County

Structure

The Mills County is divided into 13 townships:

  • Anderson Township
  • Center Township
  • Deer Creek Township
  • Glenwood Township
  • Indian Creek Township
  • Ingraham Township
  • Lyons Township
  • Oak Township
  • Platt Ville Township
  • Rawles Township
  • St. Marys Township
  • Silver Creek Township
  • White Cloud Township
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