Gentry County, Missouri

Gentry County, Missouri
Location in the state of Missouri
Missouri's location in the U.S.
Founded	1845
Named for	Col. Richard Gentry of Boone County, Missouri who fell in the Seminole War in 1837.
Seat	Albany
Largest city	Albany
Area  - Total  - Land  - Water	491.81 sq mi (1,274 km²) 491.52 sq mi (1,273 km²) 0.29 sq mi (1 km²), 0.06
Population  - (2000)  - Density	6,861 14/sq mi (5/km²)
Time zone	Central: UTC-6/-5

Gentry County Courthouse in Albany

Gentry County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of 2000, the population was 6,861. Its county seat is Albany. The county was organized in 1845 and is named after Col. Richard Gentry of Boone County, Missouri, who fell in the Seminole War in 1837.

On March 5, 2010, a jury awarded 7 neighboring farmers $11 million in damages from Premium Standard Farms over odors emanating from an hog farm of 4,300 acres (17 km²) that processes 200,000 hogs near Berlin in Gentry County -- the largest such award in history.

Geography

According to the 2000 census, the county has a total area of 491.81 square miles (1,273.8 km²), of which 491.52 square miles (1,273.0 km²) (or 99.94%) is land and 0.29 square miles (0.75 km²) (or 0.06%) is water.

Adjacent counties

• Worth County (north)
• Harrison County (east)
• Daviess County (southeast)
• DeKalb County (south)
• Andrew County (southwest)
• Nodaway County (west)

Major highways

• U.S. Route 136
• U.S. Route 169
• Route 85

Demographics

Historical populations
Census	Pop.		%±
1900	20,554		—
1910	16,820		−18.2%
1920	15,634		−7.1%
1930	14,348		−8.2%
1940	13,359		−6.9%
1950	11,036		−17.4%
1960	8,793		−20.3%
1970	8,060		−8.3%
1980	7,887		−2.1%
1990	6,848		−13.2%
2000	6,861		0.2%

As of the census of 2000, there were 6,861 people, 2,747 households, and 1,884 families residing in the county. The population density was 14 people per square mile (5/km²). There were 3,214 housing units at an average density of 6 per square mile (3/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 98.57% White, 0.12% Black or African American, 0.31% Native American, 0.17% Asian, 0.16% Pacific Islander, 0.10% from other races, and 0.57% from two or more races. 0.64% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 2,747 households out of which 31.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.00% were married couples living together, 7.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.40% were non-families. 29.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.00% under the age of 18, 7.00% from 18 to 24, 23.70% from 25 to 44, 21.60% from 45 to 64, and 21.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 95.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $28,750, and the median income for a family was $35,933. Males had a median income of $26,365 versus $19,802 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,879. About 9.00% of families and 12.00% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.20% of those under age 18 and 10.30% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns

Albany Darlington

Gentry King City

McFall Stanberry

See also

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

External links

• Gentry County Library
• Digitized 1930 Plat Book of Gentry County from University of Missouri Division of Special Collections, Archives, and Rare Books