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Dallas County, Missouri

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Dallas County
County
Dallas County Courthouse in Buffalo
Location within the U.S. state of Missouri
Missouri's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 37°40′N 93°01′W / 37.67°N 93.02°W / 37.67; -93.02
Country	United States
State	Missouri
Founded	December 10, 1844
Named for	George M. Dallas
Seat	Buffalo
Largest city	Buffalo
Area
• Total	543 sq mi (1,410 km²)
• Land	541 sq mi (1,400 km²)
• Water	2.1 sq mi (5 km²) 0.4%
Population (2010)
• Total	16,777
• Estimate (2018)	16,762
• Density	31/sq mi (12/km²)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	4th

Dallas County is a county located in the U.S. stateofMissouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 16,777.^[1] Its county seatisBuffalo.^[2] The county was organized in 1842 as Niangua County and then renamed in 1844 for George M. Dallas, who served as Vice President under James K. Polk.^[3]^[4]

Dallas County is part of the Springfield, MO Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 543 square miles (1,410 km²), of which 541 square miles (1,400 km²) is land and 2.1 square miles (5.4 km²) (0.4%) is water.^[5]

Adjacent counties

Camden County (north)
Laclede County (east)
Webster County (south)
Greene County (southwest)
Polk County (west)
Hickory County (northwest)

Major highways

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1850	3,648	—
1860	5,892	61.5%
1870	8,383	42.3%
1880	9,263	10.5%
1890	12,647	36.5%
1900	13,903	9.9%
1910	13,181	−5.2%
1920	12,033	−8.7%
1930	10,541	−12.4%
1940	11,523	9.3%
1950	10,392	−9.8%
1960	9,314	−10.4%
1970	10,054	7.9%
1980	12,096	20.3%
1990	12,646	4.5%
2000	15,661	23.8%
2010	16,777	7.1%
2020 (est.)	17,071	1.8%
U.S. Decennial Census^[6] 1790-1960^[7] 1900-1990^[8] 1990-2000^[9] 2010-2015^[1] 2018^[10]

As of the census of 2000,^[11] there were 15,661 people, 6,030 households and 4,383 families residing in the county. The population density was 29 people per square mile (11/km²). There were 6,914 housing units at an average density of 13 per square mile (5/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 97.45% White, 0.12% BlackorAfrican American, 0.76% Native American, 0.07% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.20% from other races, and 1.37% from two or more races. Approximately 0.94% of the population were HispanicorLatino of any race. 3.57% percent reported speaking Pennsylvania GermanorGerman at home.[1] Dallas County is the county with the largest concentration of Kauffman Amish Mennonites, who have preserved Pennsylvania German as their every day language and an old form of Standard German for church. They had 950 adherents in Dallas County in 2010.^[12]

There were 6,030 households, out of which 32.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.80% were married couples living together, 8.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.30% were non-families. 23.70% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 27.50% under the age of 18, 7.40% from 18 to 24, 26.40% from 25 to 44, 23.50% from 45 to 64, and 15.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $27,346; the median income for a family was $33,500. Males had a median income of $26,438 versus $17,569 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,106. About 14.20% of families and 17.90% of the population were below the poverty line, including 25.40% of those under age 18 and 18.50% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Public schools

Dallas County R-I School District – Buffalo
- Mallory Elementary School (PK-04)
- Buffalo Middle School (05-08)
- Buffalo 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)

Politics

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Local

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

Dallas County, Missouri
Elected countywide officials
Assessor	Sue Doty	Republican
Circuit Clerk	Susan Potter	Republican
County Clerk	Pam Louderbaugh	Republican
Collector	Sheryl Ferrell	Republican
Commissioner (Presiding)	Kevin D. Sharpe	Republican
Commissioner (District 1)	Pete Barclay	Republican
Commissioner (District 2)	Owen Kjar	Republican
Coroner	Lamont Swanson	Republican
Prosecuting Attorney	Jonathan Barker	Republican
Public Administrator	Carol Johnson	Republican
Recorder	Stacy Satterfield	Republican
Sheriff	Scott Rice	Republican
Surveyor	Greg Maynard	Republican
Treasurer	Becky Schofield	Republican

State

**Past Gubernatorial Elections Results**
Year	Republican	Democratic	Third Parties
2016	66.67% 4,943	29.82% 2,211	3.51% 260
2012	53.42% 3,882	43.32% 3,148	3.26% 237
2008	41.92% 3,212	54.46% 4,173	3.61% 277
2004	65.01% 4,708	33.43% 2,421	1.56% 113
2000	55.16% 3,429	42.99% 2,672	1.85% 115
1996	54.60% 3,083	41.80% 2,360	3.60% 203

All of Dallas County is a part of Missouri's 129th District in the Missouri House of Representatives and is represented by Sandy Crawford (R-Buffalo).

Missouri House of Representatives — District 129 — Dallas County (2016)^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Sandy Crawford	6,375	87.97%	+5.72
	Independent	Charles Mantranga	872	12.03%	+12.03

Missouri House of Representatives — District 129 — Dallas County (2014)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Sandy Crawford	3,003	82.25%	+5.34
	Democratic	John L. Wilson	648	17.75%	-5.34

Missouri House of Representatives — District 129 — Dallas County (2012)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Sandy Crawford	5,523	76.91%
	Democratic	John L. Wilson	1,658	23.09%

All of Dallas County is a part of Missouri's 28th District in the Missouri Senate. The seat is currently vacant. The previous incumbent, Mike Parson, was elected Lieutenant Governor in 2016.

Missouri Senate — District 28 — Dallas County (2014)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike Parson	3,132	100.00%

Federal

U.S. Senate — Missouri — Dallas County (2016)^[13]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Republican	Roy Blunt	5,101	68.67%	+19.84
Democratic	Jason Kander	1,980	26.66%	-16.03
Libertarian	Jonathan Dine	182	2.45%	-6.03
Green	Johnathan McFarland	87	1.17%	+1.17
Constitution	Fred Ryman	78	1.05%	+1.05

U.S. Senate — Missouri — Dallas County (2012)
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Todd Akin	3,514	48.83%
Democratic	Claire McCaskill	3,072	42.69%
Libertarian	Jonathan Dine	610	8.48%

All of Dallas 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 — Dallas County (2016)^[13]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Republican	Vicky Hartzler	5,804	79.53%	+0.87
Democratic	Gordon Christensen	1,192	16.33%	+0.21
Libertarian	Mark Bliss	302	4.14%	-0.92

U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri's 4th Congressional District — Dallas County (2014)
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Republican	Vicky Hartzler	2,875	78.66%	+7.03
Democratic	Nate Irvin	589	16.12%	-7.69
Libertarian	Herschel L. Young	185	5.06%	+2.38
Write-In	Greg A. Cowan	6	0.16%	+0.16

U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri's 4th Congressional District — Dallas County (2012)
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Vicky Hartzler	5,133	71.63%
Democratic	Teresa Hensley	1,706	23.81%
Libertarian	Thomas Holbrook	192	2.68%
Constitution	Greg A. Cowan	135	1.88%

Political culture

Presidential election results

**Presidential election results**^[14]
Year	Republican	Democratic	Third parties
2020	81.7% 6,619	17.0% 1,380	1.3% 105
2016	79.1% 5,895	17.1% 1,272	3.8% 286
2012	68.6% 4,992	29.2% 2,122	2.3% 165
2008	63.7% 4,895	34.6% 2,656	1.7% 132
2004	66.0% 4,788	33.2% 2,407	0.9% 64
2000	59.9% 3,723	37.2% 2,311	3.0% 185
1996	45.0% 2,554	40.1% 2,277	14.9% 843
1992	35.0% 2,116	41.9% 2,533	23.2% 1,402
1988	55.6% 2,898	44.0% 2,293	0.5% 26
1984	65.3% 3,577	34.7% 1,902
1980	60.6% 3,297	37.0% 2,011	2.4% 130
1976	49.5% 2,430	50.0% 2,453	0.6% 27
1972	74.2% 3,120	25.8% 1,085
1968	62.5% 2,835	27.3% 1,237	10.3% 465
1964	53.4% 2,268	46.7% 1,983
1960	70.4% 3,522	29.6% 1,482
1956	65.1% 2,987	34.9% 1,600
1952	73.2% 3,459	26.6% 1,258	0.2% 9
1948	62.7% 2,695	37.0% 1,590	0.3% 11
1944	75.1% 3,232	24.7% 1,064	0.2% 10
1940	71.0% 3,859	28.8% 1,566	0.2% 10
1936	63.5% 3,066	36.2% 1,749	0.3% 13
1932	47.3% 1,958	51.8% 2,143	0.9% 35
1928	74.9% 2,835	24.6% 931	0.5% 17
1924	61.0% 2,188	36.4% 1,304	2.6% 93
1920	69.9% 2,665	28.9% 1,100	1.2% 46
1916	56.9% 1,428	40.7% 1,022	2.4% 59
1912	43.0% 1,051	35.6% 870	21.4% 522
1908	62.0% 1,609	36.8% 955	1.3% 33
1904	64.8% 1,711	30.2% 797	5.0% 132
1900	53.6% 1,506	44.0% 1,238	2.4% 68
1896	48.8% 1,466	50.7% 1,525	0.5% 16
1892	49.8% 1,174	24.8% 586	25.4% 599
1888	49.4% 1,169	29.8% 706	20.8% 493

Missouri presidential preference primary (2008)

Former U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-New York) received more votes, a total of 1,157, than any candidate from either party in Dallas County during the 2008 presidential primary. She narrowly edged out former Governor Mike Huckabee (R-Arkansas) by four votes.

Communities

Cities

Buffalo (county seat)
Urbana

Notable people

Roy Meeker - professional baseball player

References

^ ^a ^b "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved September 8, 2013.

^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.

^ "Disappearing Missouri Names". The Kansas City Star. March 19, 1911. p. 15. Retrieved August 15, 2014 – via Newspapers.com.

^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 283.

^ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved November 15, 2014.

^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 15, 2014.

^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved November 15, 2014.

^ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 15, 2014.

^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 15, 2014.

^ "QuickFacts. DallasCounty, Missouri". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 21, 2019.

^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.

^ Tampico Amish Mennonite Counties (2010) at the Association of Religion Data Archives.

^ ^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 March 25, 2018.

External links

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

v t e Municipalities and communities of Dallas County, Missouri, United States
County seat: Buffalo
Cities	Buffalo Urbana	Map of Missouri highlighting Dallas County
Village	Louisburg
Townships	Grant Jackson Jasper Lincoln Miller North Benton Sheridan Sherman South Benton Washington Wilson
CDP	Bennett Springs‡
Other unincorporated communities	Boyd Celt Charity Cloverdale Elixer Foose Handley Leadmine Long Lane March Mathis Olive Plad Redtop Reynolds Shady Grove Spring Grove Thorpe Tilden Tunas Wall Street Windyville Wood Hill
Ghost towns	Corkery‡ Hico
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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