Ozark County, Missouri
The Ozark County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. In 2010, the County had 9723 inhabitants and a population density of 5.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Gainesville.
Geography
The County is located in the extreme south of Missouri in the Ozarks and borders Arkansas.
It has an area of 1956 square kilometers, of which 33 square kilometers are water surface.
In the southwest, the County share of the Bull Shoals Lake, a reservoir of the White River. The further east Norfork Lake was created by damming the North Fork River, which flows through the county from north to south.
At the Ozark County borders the following Nachbarcountys:
History
The Ozark County was formed in 1841. It was named after the Ozark Mountains. From 1843 to 1845, the county was renamed in Decatur County, named after the naval officer Stephen Decatur.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Ozark County 9723 people in 3964 households. The population density was 5.1 people per square kilometer. In the 3964 households lived statistically 2.44 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 97.4 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.8 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.5 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
19.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 23.9 percent were 65 years or older. 49.6 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 31,960. The per capita income was $ 17,298. 16.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Ozark County
City
- Gainesville
Villages
- Bakersfield
- Theodosia
Unincorporated communities
- Almartha
- Bird Springs
- Brixey
- Crossroads
- Dawt Mill
- Dawt
- Dora
- Elijah
- Foil
- Hammond
- Hardenville
- Howards Ridge
- Isabella
- Locust
- Long run
- Luna
- Lutie
- Mammoth
- Noble
- Notting Hill
- Ocie
- Pondfork
- Pontiac
- Rockbridge
- Romance
- Souder
- Summit City
- Sundown
- Sycamore
- Tecumseh
- Thornfield
- Toledo
- Trail
- Udall
- Wasola
- Willhoit
- Zanoni
Structure
The Ozark County is divided into 18 townships: