Barton County, Missouri

Barton County, Missouri
Location in the state of Missouri
Missouri's location in the U.S.
Founded	1855
Named for	David Barton, a U.S. senator from Missouri
Seat	Lamar
Largest city	Lamar
Area  - Total  - Land  - Water	596.72 sq mi (1,545 km²) 594.25 sq mi (1,539 km²) 2.47 sq mi (6 km²), 0.41
Population  - (2010)  - Density	12,402 21/sq mi (8/km²)
Time zone	Central: UTC-6/-5
Website	http://www.bartoncounty.com/

Barton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of 2010, the population was 12,402. Its county seat is Lamar. Lamar was the birthplace of President Harry S. Truman. The county was organized in 1855 and named after David Barton, a U. S. senator from Missouri.

Geography

According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of 596.72 square miles (1,545.5 km²), of which 594.25 square miles (1,539.1 km²) (or 99.59%) is land and 2.47 square miles (6.4 km²) (or 0.41%) is water.

Adjacent counties

• Vernon County (north)
• Cedar County (northeast)
• Dade County (east)
• Jasper County (south)
• Crawford County, Kansas (west)

Major highways

• U.S. Route 71
• U.S. Route 160
• Route 43
• Route 126

Demographics

Historical populations
Census	Pop.		%±
1860	1,817		—
1870	4,285		135.8%
1880	10,332		141.1%
1890	18,504		79.1%
1900	18,253		−1.4%
1910	16,747		−8.3%
1920	16,879		0.8%
1930	14,560		−13.7%
1940	14,148		−2.8%
1950	12,678		−10.4%
1960	11,113		−12.3%
1970	10,431		−6.1%
1980	11,292		8.3%
1990	11,312		0.2%
2000	12,541		10.9%
2010	12,402		−1.1%
U.S. Decennial Census

As of the census of 2000, there were 12,541 people, 4,895 households, and 3,441 families residing in the county. The population density was 21 people per square mile (8/km²). There were 5,409 housing units at an average density of 9 per square mile (4/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 96.93% White, 0.29% Black or African American, 0.83% Native American, 0.28% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 0.14% from other races, and 1.44% from two or more races. 0.95% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 4,895 households out of which 34.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.10% were married couples living together, 8.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.70% were non-families. 26.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the county the population was spread out with 27.50% under the age of 18, 8.30% from 18 to 24, 26.10% from 25 to 44, 21.70% from 45 to 64, and 16.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 96.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.40 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $29,275, and the median income for a family was $35,638. Males had a median income of $25,254 versus $19,663 for females. The per capita income for the county was $13,987. About 11.00% of families and 13.00% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.90% of those under age 18 and 16.80% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns

Cities

• Golden City (884)
• Lamar (4,425)
• Liberal (779)
• Mindenmines (409)

Villages

• Burgess (70)
• Lamar Heights (216)
• Milford (52)

Unincorporated towns

• Boston
• Dublin
• Iantha
• Irwin
• Kenoma
• Nashville

Townships

Barton County is divided into fifteen townships:

Barton City Central City Doylesport Golden City

Lamar Leroy Milford Nashville Newport

Northfork Ozark Richland South West Union

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Barton County, Missouri

External links

• http://www.bartoncounty.com/
• Digitized 1930 Plat Book of Barton County from University of Missouri Division of Special Collections, Archives, and Rare Books
• http://www.census.gov/