Newton County (Missouri)
The Newton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. In 2010, the County had 58 114 inhabitants and a population density of 35.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Neosho, which was named after the Native American term for clear, cold water.
Geography
The County is located almost in the extreme southwest of Missouri in the Ozarks and on the west by Oklahoma, and Kansas; in southern Arkansas is about 35 km away.
It has an area of 1623 square kilometers, of which 1 square kilometers of water surface.
The Newton County is traversed from south-east to north-west from Shoal Creek.
At the Newton County borders the following Nachbarcountys:
History
The Newton County was formed in 1838. It was named after John Newton (1755-1780), a hero and an officer in the American Revolutionary War.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Newton County 58 114 people in 21,618 households. The population density was 35.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 21,618 households lived statistically 2.63 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 91.3 percent white, 1.0 percent African American, 2.3 percent Native American, 1.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 4.7 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
25.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.4 percent were 65 years or older. 50.5 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 41,163. The per capita income was $ 20,832. 16.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Newton County
- Diamond
- Fairview
- Granby
- Joplin1
- Neosho
- Seneca
Villages
- Cliff Village
- Dennis Acres
- Grand Falls Plaza
- Leawood
- Loma Linda
- Newtonia
- Reding's Mill
- Ritchey
- Shoal Creek Drive
- Shoal Creek Estates
- Silver Creek
- Saginaw
- Stark City
- Stella
- Wentworth
Unincorporated communities
- Flavor
- Belfast
- Berwick
- Boulder City
- Christopher
- Dessa
- Fred Ville
- Gateway Drive
- Hornet
- Jolly
- McElhany
- Midway
- Monark Springs
- Pepsin
- Racine
- Spring City
- Spurgeon
- Sunnyvale
- Sweetwater
- Tipton Ford
- Wanda
- Westview
1 predominantly in Jasper County
Structure
The Newton County is divided into 14 townships: