Hickory County, Missouri

Hickory County, Missouri
Hickory County, Missouri
2008 Republican primary in Missouri
John McCain	453 (33.19%)
Mike Huckabee	548 (40.15%)
Mitt Romney	238 (20.73%)
Ron Paul	64 (4.69%)

Hickory County, Missouri
Elected countywide officials

Hickory County
Hickory County
U.S. county
	Hickory County courthouse in Hermitage
	Location within the U.S. state of Missouri
	Missouri's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 37°56′N 93°19′W / 37.94°N 93.32°W
Country	United States
State	Missouri
Founded	February 14, 1845
Named for	Andrew Jackson, nicknamed "Old Hickory"
Seat	Hermitage
Largest city	Hermitage
Area
• Total	412 sq mi (1,070 km2)
• Land	399 sq mi (1,030 km2)
• Water	13 sq mi (30 km2) 3.1%
Population (2010)
• Total	9,627
• Estimate (2018)	9,509
• Density	23/sq mi (9.0/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	4th
Website	Hickory County, Missouri

Hickory County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 9,627.^[1] Its county seat is Hermitage.^[2] The county was organized February 14, 1845, and named after President Andrew Jackson, whose nickname was "Old Hickory."^[3]^[4] The Pomme de Terre Dam, a Corps of Engineers facility, is located three miles south of Hermitage and forms Lake Pomme de Terre by damming the Pomme de Terre River and Lindley Creek. The county is also home to Lucas Oil Speedway at Wheatland that includes a major circle dirt racing track, an off-road racing track as well as a large man-made water drag racing facility. Truman Reservoir, also a Corps of Engineers facility, floods the Pomme de Terre Reservoir from the northern border of the county southward to the city limits of Hermitage.

Geography[]

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 412 square miles (1,070 km²), of which 399 square miles (1,030 km²) is land and 13 square miles (34 km²) (3.1%) is water.^[5] It is the fifth-smallest county in Missouri by area.

Adjacent counties[]

Benton County (north)
Camden County (east)
Dallas County (southeast)
Polk County (south)
St. Clair County (west)

Major highways[]

U.S. Route 54
U.S. Route 65
Route 64
Route 64B
Route 83
Route 123

Demographics[]

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1850	2,329		—
1860	4,705		102.0%
1870	6,452		37.1%
1880	7,387		14.5%
1890	9,453		28.0%
1900	9,985		5.6%
1910	8,741		−12.5%
1920	7,033		−19.5%
1930	6,430		−8.6%
1940	6,506		1.2%
1950	5,387		−17.2%
1960	4,516		−16.2%
1970	4,481		−0.8%
1980	6,367		42.1%
1990	7,335		15.2%
2000	8,940		21.9%
2010	9,627		7.7%
2018 (est.)	9,509	^[6]	−1.2%
U.S. Decennial Census^[7] 1790-1960^[8] 1900-1990^[9] 1990-2000^[10] 2010-2015^[1]

As of the census^[11] of 2000, there were 8,940 people, 3,911 households, and 2,737 families residing in the county. The population density was 22 people per square mile (9/km²). There were 6,184 housing units at an average density of 16 per square mile (6/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 97.51% White, 0.08% Black or African American, 0.66% Native American, 0.11% Asian, 0.20% from other races, and 1.44% from two or more races. Approximately 0.76% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 3,911 households, out of which 22.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.90% were married couples living together, 6.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.00% were non-families. 26.50% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.70.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 19.90% under the age of 18, 5.30% from 18 to 24, 19.10% from 25 to 44, 29.70% from 45 to 64, and 26.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 50 years. For every 100 females there were 96.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $25,346, and the median income for a family was $28,779. Males had a median income of $22,679 versus $17,610 for females. The per capita income for the county was $13,536. About 13.00% of families and 19.70% of the population were below the poverty line, including 32.90% of those under age 18 and 11.00% of those age 65 or over.

Education[]

Public schools[]

Hermitage R-IV School District – Hermitage
- Hermitage Elementary School (PK-05)
- Hermitage Middle School (06-08)
- Hermitage High School (09-12)
Hickory County R-I School District – Urbana
- Skyline Elementary School (K-04)
- Skyline Middle School (05-08)
- Skyline High School (09-12)
Weaubleau R-III School District – Weaubleau
- Weaubleau Elementary School (PK-06)
- Weaubleau High School (07-12)
Wheatland R-II School District[1]
- Wheatland Elementary School (PK-06)
- Wheatland High School (07-12)

Public libraries[]

Hickory County Library^[12]

Politics[]

Local[]

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

State[]

**Past Gubernatorial Elections Results**
Year	Republican	Democratic	Third Parties
2016	62.30% 2,936	34.12% 1,608	3.58% 169
2012	46.65% 2,177	50.01% 2,334	3.34% 156
2008	35.62% 1,820	60.96% 3,115	3.42% 175
2004	56.54% 2,750	42.17% 2,051	1.30% 63
2000	47.74% 1,869	50.46% 2,132	1.80% 76
1996	47.36% 1,869	49.90% 1,969	2.74% 108

All of Hickory County is a part of Missouri's 125th District in the Missouri House of Representatives and is represented by Warren D. Love (R-Osceola).

Missouri House of Representatives — District 125 — Hickory County (2016)^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Warren D. Love	3,977	100.00%

Missouri House of Representatives — District 125 — Hickory County (2014)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Warren D. Love	2,006	100.00%

Missouri House of Representatives — District 125 — Hickory County (2012)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Warren D. Love	3,931	100.00%

All of Hickory County is a part of Missouri's 28th District in the Missouri Senate. The seat is held by Sandy Crawford who was elected after the previous incumbent, Mike Parson, was elected Lieutenant Governor in 2016.

Missouri Senate — District 28 — Hickory County (2014)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike Parson	2,075	100.00%

Federal[]

U.S. Senate — Missouri — Hickory County (2016)^[13]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Republican	Roy Blunt	2,959	62.93%	+20.24
Democratic	Jason Kander	1,490	31.69%	-17.67
Libertarian	Jonathan Dine	135	2.87%	-5.08
Green	Johnathan McFarland	69	1.47%	+1.47
Constitution	Fred Ryman	49	1.04%	+1.04

U.S. Senate — Missouri — Hickory County (2012)
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Todd Akin	1,982	42.69%
Democratic	Claire McCaskill	2,292	49.36%
Libertarian	Jonathan Dine	369	7.95%

All of Hickory 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 — St. Clair County (2016)^[13]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Republican	Vicky Hartzler	3,434	74.44%	+1.87
Democratic	Gordon Christensen	994	21.55%	-1.76
Libertarian	Mark Bliss	185	4.01%	-0.11

U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri's 4th Congressional District — St. Clair County (2014)
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Republican	Vicky Hartzler	1,778	72.57%	+8.57
Democratic	Nate Irvin	571	23.31%	-9.02
Libertarian	Herschel L. Young	101	4.12%	+1.20

U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri’s 4th Congressional District — St. Clair County (2012)
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Vicky Hartzler	2,963	64.00%
Democratic	Teresa Hensley	1,497	32.33%
Libertarian	Thomas Hollbrook	135	2.92%
Constitution	Greg Cowan	35	0.75%

Political culture[]

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Presidential elections results

Missouri presidential preference primary (2008)[]

Former U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-New York) received more votes, a total of 1,056, than any candidate from either party in Hickory County during the 2008 presidential primary.

Hickory County, Missouri
2008 Democratic primary in Missouri
Hillary Clinton	1,056 (67.95%)
Barack Obama	433 (27.86%)
John Edwards (withdrawn)	52 (3.35%)

Communities[]

Cities and Towns[]

Unincorporated Communities[]

Notable people[]

Mike Parson - 57th Governor of Missouri
Sally Rand – legendary burlesque dancer

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 172.
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 156.
^ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved November 20, 2019.
^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
^ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
^ Breeding, Marshall. "Hickory County Library". Libraries.org. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "County Results - State of Missouri - 2016 General Election - November 8, 2016 - Official Results". Missouri Secretary of state. December 12, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved 2018-03-25.

External links[]

Hickory County government's website
Digitized 1930 Plat Book of Hickory County Archived 2011-08-16 at the Wayback Machine from University of Missouri Division of Special Collections, Archives, and Rare Books

Coordinates: 37°56′N 93°19′W / 37.94°N 93.32°W / 37.94; -93.32

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

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

[3] Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 172.

[4] Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 156.

[GR1-5] "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved November 16, 2014.

[USCensusEst2018-6] "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved November 20, 2019.

[7] "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 16, 2014.

[8] "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved November 16, 2014.

[9] "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 16, 2014.

[10] "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 16, 2014.

[GR2-11] "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.

[12] Breeding, Marshall. "Hickory County Library". Libraries.org. Retrieved May 8, 2017.

[MOSOS-13] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "County Results - State of Missouri - 2016 General Election - November 8, 2016 - Official Results". Missouri Secretary of state. December 12, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2017.

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

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Hickory County, Missouri
Elected countywide officials
Assessor	Clint Baker	Republican
Circuit Clerk	Cee Cee Smith	Republican
County Clerk	Jeannie Lindsey	Republican
Collector	Karen Stokes	Republican
Commissioner (Presiding)	Robert Sawyer	Republican
Commissioner (District 1)	Chase Crawford	Democratic
Commissioner (District 2)	Rick Pearson	Republican
Coroner	Connie Boller	Republican
Prosecuting Attorney	Michael Brown	Republican
Public Administrator	Vanessa Prettyman	Republican
Recorder	Pamela Hutton	Republican
Sheriff	Brian Whalen	Republican
Surveyor	T. Philip Nasalroad	Democratic
Treasurer	Kenny Ratliff	Republican

Year	Republican	Democratic	Third parties
2020	78.1% 3,966	20.8% 1,056	1.1% 58
2016	74.4% 3,542	21.3% 1,016	4.3% 203
2012	60.6% 2,835	37.0% 1,733	2.4% 112
2008	55.7% 2,850	42.4% 2,171	1.8% 94
2004	57.4% 2,791	42.0% 2,043	0.7% 32
2000	51.3% 2,172	46.3% 1,961	2.5% 105
1996	38.1% 1,491	47.5% 1,858	14.4% 563
1992	31.0% 1,259	47.5% 1,929	21.4% 870
1988	54.8% 2,043	45.0% 1,677	0.2% 7
1984	64.4% 2,190	35.6% 1,212
1980	58.9% 1,893	38.8% 1,248	2.2% 72
1976	49.7% 1,403	49.5% 1,398	0.7% 21
1972	74.9% 1,851	25.2% 622
1968	66.6% 1,484	24.1% 537	9.4% 209
1964	57.5% 1,157	42.5% 854
1960	75.4% 1,885	24.6% 615
1956	70.5% 1,661	29.5% 695
1952	76.5% 2,054	23.2% 622	0.4% 10
1948	70.2% 1,728	29.8% 733	0.0% 1
1944	79.4% 2,171	20.5% 560	0.1% 3
1940	75.8% 2,496	23.9% 787	0.2% 8
1936	71.7% 2,329	28.0% 910	0.3% 8
1932	64.0% 1,586	35.4% 878	0.6% 15
1928	84.7% 2,233	15.1% 399	0.2% 5
1924	70.7% 1,895	26.9% 722	2.4% 63
1920	78.6% 2,131	19.6% 532	1.8% 50
1916	64.7% 1,144	31.2% 552	4.0% 71
1912	45.8% 735	26.3% 421	27.9% 448
1908	65.5% 1,182	31.1% 561	3.4% 61
1904	66.7% 1,245	28.4% 531	4.9% 92
1900	60.1% 1,270	36.7% 777	3.2% 68
1896	53.1% 1,194	46.5% 1,045	0.4% 8
1892	49.8% 927	22.7% 423	27.4% 510
1888	57.6% 1,076	33.6% 628	8.8% 164

show v t Municipalities and communities of Hickory County, Missouri, United States
County seat: Hermitage
Cities	Cross Timbers Hermitage Weaubleau Wheatland
Village	Preston
Townships	Center Cross Timbers Green Jordan Montgomery Stark Tyler Weaubleau Wheatland
Unincorporated communities	Avery‡ Elkton Jordan Nemo Pittsburg Quincy White Cloud
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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