Ripley County (Missouri)
The Ripley County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. In 2010, the County had 14,100 inhabitants and a population density of 8.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Doniphan, which was named after Alexander William Doniphan, an officer in the Mexican-American War.
Geography
The County is located in southeastern Missouri in the Ozarks and on the south by Arkansas. It has an area of 1636 square kilometers, of which 6 square kilometers is water area. It borders in Missouri clockwise to the following counties:
History
The Ripley County was formed in 1833. It was named (1782-1839), a general and a member of the Congress of the United States by Eleazer Wheelock Ripley.
During the first half of the American Civil War General William Joseph Hardee here had set up his headquarters with his troops. The inhabitants supported him and forces alone from this county several thousand soldiers and eight Colonels have occurred in the Confederate Army.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Ripley County 14100 people in 5558 households. The population density was 8.7 people per square kilometer. In the 5558 households lived statistically 2.49 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 96.8 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.9 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.3 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
23.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.7 percent were 65 years or older. 50.6 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 29,369. The per capita income was $ 15,115. 24.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Ripley County
Citys
- Doniphan
- Naylor
Unincorporated communities
- Bardley
- Bennett
- Briar
- Budapest
- Burr
- Current View
- Fairdealing
- Flatwoods
- Gamburg
- Gatewood
- Glenn
- Greenville Ford
- Mobile
- Hemenway
- Hill Top
- Leibig
- Owen Mont
- Oxly
- Paterson Ford
- Ponder
- Poynor
- Pratt
- Pulaski
- Purman
- Sinsabaugh
- Steeles
- Torch
- Tucker
Structure
The Ripley County is divided into 16 townships: