Cooper County, Missouri

Cooper County, Missouri
Elected countywide officials

Cooper County
Cooper County
U.S. county
	Cooper County Courthouse in Boonville
	Location within the U.S. state of Missouri
	Missouri's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 38°51′N 92°49′W / 38.85°N 92.81°W
Country	United States
State	Missouri
Founded	December 17, 1818
Named for	Sarshell Cooper
Seat	Boonville
Largest city	Boonville
Area
• Total	569 sq mi (1,470 km2)
• Land	565 sq mi (1,460 km2)
• Water	4.4 sq mi (11 km2) 0.8%
Population (2010)
• Total	17,601
• Estimate (2018)	17,603
• Density	31/sq mi (12/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	4th
Website	www.coopercountymo.gov

Cooper County is located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 17,601.^[1] Its county seat is Boonville.^[2] The county was organized December 17, 1818 and named for Sarshell Cooper, a frontier settler who was killed by Native Americans near Arrow Rock in 1814.^[3]^[4] It is a part of the Columbia, Missouri metropolitan area.

Geography[]

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 569 square miles (1,470 km²), of which 565 square miles (1,460 km²) is land and 4.4 square miles (11 km²) (0.8%) is water.^[5]

Adjacent counties[]

Howard County (north)
Boone County (northeast)
Moniteau County (southeast)
Morgan County (south)
Pettis County (west)
Saline County (northwest)

Major highways[]

Interstate 70
U.S. Route 40
Route 5
Route 41
Route 87
Route 98
Route 135
Route 179

National protected area[]

Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge

Demographics[]

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1820	6,959		—
1830	6,904		−0.8%
1840	10,484		51.9%
1850	12,950		23.5%
1860	17,356		34.0%
1870	20,692		19.2%
1880	21,596		4.4%
1890	22,707		5.1%
1900	22,532		−0.8%
1910	20,311		−9.9%
1920	19,308		−4.9%
1930	19,522		1.1%
1940	18,075		−7.4%
1950	16,608		−8.1%
1960	15,448		−7.0%
1970	14,732		−4.6%
1980	14,643		−0.6%
1990	14,835		1.3%
2000	16,670		12.4%
2010	17,601		5.6%
2018 (est.)	17,603	^[6]	0.0%
U.S. Decennial Census^[7] 1790-1960^[8] 1900-1990^[9] 1990-2000^[10] 2010-2015^[1]

As of the 2000 census,^[11] there were 16,670 people, 5,932 households and 4,140 families residing in the county. The population density was 30 per square mile (11/km²). There were 6,676 housing units at an average density of 12 per square mile (5/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 89.05% White, 8.96% Black or African American, 0.36% Native American, 0.23% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.28% from other races, and 1.11% from two or more races. Approximately 0.86% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 38.1% were of German, 18.7% American, 8.1% English and 8.0% Irish ancestry.

There were 5,932 households, of which 31.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.40% were married couples living together, 9.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.20% were non-families. 26.10% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.97.

Age distribution was 22.80% under the age of 18, 14.00% from 18 to 24, 27.40% from 25 to 44, 20.60% from 45 to 64, and 15.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 117.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 120.00 males.

The median household income was $35,313, and the median family income was $41,526. Males had a median income of $28,513 versus $20,965 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,648. About 8.30% of families and 10.70% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.80% of those under age 18 and 8.30% of those age 65 or over.

Education[]

Public schools[]

Blackwater R-II School District Archived 2006-04-04 at the Wayback Machine – Blackwater
- Blackwater Elementary School (PK-08)
Boonville R-I School District – Boonville
- Hannah Cole Primary School (PK-02)
- David Barton Elementary School (03-05)
- Laura Speed Elliott Middle School (06-08)
- Boonville High School (09-12)
Cooper County R-IV School District – Bunceton
- Bunceton Elementary School (K-06)
- Bunceton High School (07-12)
Otterville R-VI School District – Otterville
- Otterville Elementary School (K-06)
- Otterville High School (07-12)
Pilot Grove C-4 School District – Pilot Grove
- Pilot Grove Elementary School (PK-05)
- Pilot Grove Middle School (06-08)
- Pilot Grove High School (09-12)
Prairie Home R-V School District – Prairie Home
- Prairie Home Elementary School (K-06)
- Prairie Home High School (07-12)

Private schools[]

Saints Peter & Paul School – Boonville (K-09) – Roman Catholic
Zion Lutheran School – Bunceton (02-08) – Lutheran
St. Joseph Elementary School – Pilot Grove (02-09) – Roman Catholic

Public libraries[]

Boonville/Cooper Branch Library^[12]

Politics[]

Local[]

The Republican Party predominantly controls politics at the local level in Cooper County. Republicans hold all but one of the elected positions in the county.

State[]

**Past Gubernatorial Elections Results**
Year	Republican	Democratic	Third Parties
2016	61.89% 4,958	35.43% 2,838	2.68% 215
2012	51.29% 3,837	45.69% 3,418	3.02 226
2008	52.28% 4,170	45.99% 3,669	1.73% 138
2004	61.24% 4,593	37.68% 2,826	1.08% 81
2000	53.39% 3,641	44.18% 3,013	2.44% 166
1996	39.00% 2,576	57.70% 3,811	3.30% 218

Cooper County is divided into three legislative districts in the Missouri House of Representatives, all of which elected Republicans, but one is currently vacant.

District 47 — Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport). Consists of areas east of the city of Boonville.

Missouri House of Representatives — District 47 — Cooper County (2016)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Chuck Basye	228	69.30%	+0.83
	Democratic	Susan McClintic	101	30.70%	-0.83

Missouri House of Representatives — District 47 — Cooper County (2014)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Chuck Basye	139	68.47%	+28.88
	Democratic	John Wright	64	31.53%	-28.88

Missouri House of Representatives — District 47 — Cooper County (2012)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John Wright	156	39.59%
	Republican	Mitch Richards	238	60.41%

District 48 — Dave Muntzel (R-Boonville). Consists of the communities of Blackwater, Boonville, Bunceton, Otterville, and Pilot Grove.

Missouri House of Representatives — District 48 — Cooper County (2016)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Dave Muntzel	5,433	82.34%	-17.66
	Independent	Debra Dilks	1,165	17.66%	+17.66

Missouri House of Representatives — District 48 — Cooper County (2014)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Dave Muntzel	2,980	100.00%	+32.00

Missouri House of Representatives — District 48 — Cooper County (2012)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Dave Muntzel	4,278	68.00%
	Democratic	Ron Monnig	2,013	32.00%

District 50 — (Currently vacant). Consists of the community of Prairie Home and much of the rest of the eastern portion of the county.

Missouri House of Representatives — District 50 — Cooper County (2016)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Caleb Jones	687	100.00%

Missouri House of Representatives — District 50 — Cooper County (2014)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Caleb Jones	336	100.00%

Missouri House of Representatives — District 50 — Cooper County (2012)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Caleb Jones	514	100.00%

All of Cooper County is a part of Missouri's 19th District in the Missouri Senate and is currently represented by Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia).

Missouri Senate — District 19 — Cooper County (2016)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Caleb Rowden	5,540	70.47%	-1.90
	Democratic	Stephen Webber	2,321	29.53%	+1.90

Missouri Senate — District 19 — Cooper County (2012)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kurt Schaefer	5,287	72.37%
	Democratic	Mary Wynne Still	2,019	27.63%

Federal[]

U.S. Senate — Missouri — Cooper County (2016)
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Republican	Roy Blunt	4,668	58.55%	+11.46
Democratic	Jason Kander	2,920	36.63%	-8.32
Libertarian	Jonathan Dine	239	3.00%	-4.96
Green	Johnathan McFarland	67	0.84%	+0.84
Constitution	Fred Ryman	78	0.98%	+0.98

U.S. Senate — Missouri — Cooper County (2012)
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Todd Akin	3,494	47.09%
Democratic	Claire McCaskill	3,335	44.95%
Libertarian	Jonathan Dine	591	7.96%

All of Cooper County is included in Missouri's 4th Congressional District and is currently represented by Vicky Hartzler (R-Harrisonville) in the U.S. House of Representatives.

U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri's 4th Congressional District — Cooper County (2016)
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Republican	Vicky Hartzler	5,721	72.93%	+1.26
Democratic	Gordon Christensen	1,778	22.67%	+1.40
Libertarian	Mark Bliss	345	4.40%	-2.66

U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri’s 4th Congressional District — Cooper County (2014)
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Republican	Vicky Hartzler	2,813	71.67%	+7.68
Democratic	Nate Irvin	835	21.27%	-10.27
Libertarian	Herschel Young	277	7.06%	+3.40

U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri's 4th Congressional District — Cooper County (2012)
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Vicky Hartzler	4,689	63.99%
Democratic	Teresa Hensley	2,311	31.54%
Libertarian	Thomas Holbrook	268	3.66%
Constitution	Greg Cowan	60	0.82%

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Presidential elections results

Communities[]

Cities[]

Villages[]

Unincorporated communities[]

Townships[]

Cooper County is divided into 14 townships:

Notable person[]

Country music singer Sara Evans was born in Cooper County.

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 9, 2011. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 90.
^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 280.
^ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved November 29, 2019.
^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
^ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
^ Breeding, Marshall. "Boonville/Cooper Branch Library". Libraries.org. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved 2018-03-25.

External links[]

Cooper County Information from MO-River.Net
Digitized 1930 Plat Book of Cooper County Archived 2011-08-16 at the Wayback Machine from University of Missouri Division of Special Collections, Archives, and Rare Books
Cooper County Sheriff's Office

Coordinates: 38°51′N 92°49′W / 38.85°N 92.81°W / 38.85; -92.81

[QF-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 9, 2011. Retrieved September 7, 2013.

[GR6-2] "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2011-06-07.

[3] Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 90.

[4] Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 280.

[GR1-5] "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved November 14, 2014.

[USCensusEst2018-6] "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved November 29, 2019.

[7] "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 14, 2014.

[8] "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved November 14, 2014.

[9] "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 14, 2014.

[10] "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 14, 2014.

[GR8-11] "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-05-14.

[12] Breeding, Marshall. "Boonville/Cooper Branch Library". Libraries.org. Retrieved May 8, 2017.

[13] Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved 2018-03-25.

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Cooper County, Missouri
Elected countywide officials
Assessor	James R. Lachner	Republican
Circuit Clerk	Nancy Fisher	Republican
County Clerk	Darryl Kempf	Democratic
Collector	Carol Nauman	Republican
Commissioner (Presiding)	Eddie Brickner	Republican
Commissioner (District 1)	Paul Davis	Republican
Commissioner (District 2)	Ernie Walther	Republican
Coroner	James Hurt	Republican
Prosecuting Attorney	Douglas Abele	Republican
Public Administrator	Stephanie Young	Republican
Recorder	Nancy Fisher	Republican
Sheriff	Jerry Wolfe	Republican
Surveyor	Curtis Basinger	Republican
Treasurer	Stanley Serck	Republican

Year	Republican	Democratic	Third parties
2020	72.2% 6,272	25.9% 2,249	2.0% 172
2016	70.4% 5,624	24.2% 1,932	5.4% 430
2012	65.1% 4,887	32.9% 2,474	2.0% 150
2008	61.1% 4,902	37.3% 2,996	1.6% 128
2004	67.4% 5,058	32.0% 2,400	0.7% 50
2000	60.0% 4,072	37.8% 2,567	2.2% 151
1996	43.8% 2,900	41.5% 2,753	14.7% 976
1992	39.1% 2,867	36.9% 2,709	24.0% 1,763
1988	59.6% 3,737	40.1% 2,510	0.3% 19
1984	67.5% 4,603	32.5% 2,219
1980	58.3% 3,996	39.2% 2,687	2.4% 166
1976	54.3% 3,694	45.3% 3,087	0.4% 28
1972	68.9% 5,172	31.1% 2,332
1968	55.3% 4,115	37.6% 2,798	7.1% 530
1964	45.7% 3,530	54.3% 4,201
1960	54.8% 4,672	45.2% 3,858
1956	58.7% 4,995	41.3% 3,511
1952	59.9% 5,208	40.0% 3,475	0.1% 12
1948	51.4% 4,094	48.5% 3,865	0.1% 9
1944	56.8% 4,928	43.0% 3,729	0.2% 20
1940	55.3% 5,720	44.5% 4,606	0.2% 17
1936	48.8% 4,980	50.9% 5,188	0.3% 29
1932	40.1% 3,695	59.5% 5,493	0.4% 38
1928	52.0% 4,794	47.9% 4,413	0.1% 9
1924	52.8% 4,755	45.2% 4,070	2.1% 187
1920	58.2% 5,151	41.3% 3,657	0.5% 48
1916	52.3% 2,830	46.9% 2,537	0.9% 47
1912	44.8% 2,270	48.3% 2,444	6.9% 348
1908	50.7% 2,679	48.4% 2,555	0.9% 47
1904	52.0% 2,767	46.7% 2,485	1.3% 71
1900	49.0% 2,738	49.3% 2,756	1.8% 98
1896	47.1% 2,711	52.6% 3,028	0.4% 22
1892	45.3% 2,222	50.6% 2,484	4.2% 204
1888	47.0% 2,416	52.3% 2,685	0.7% 37

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