Atchison County, Missouri
Atchison County | |
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Congressional district | 6th |
Website | www |
Atchison County is the northwesternmost
Geography
According to the
Atchison's western boundary for the most part is the Missouri River and Nebraska. An 1867 flood straightened a bend in the river north of Watson. Both Nebraska and Missouri claimed the 5,000 acre McKissick Island that extends almost two miles into Atchison County. The Supreme Court in 1904 decided that the land belongs to Nebraska. The only way Nebraskans can reach it by road is to cross the Missouri River and then travel through Missouri.[6]
The State Line Slough (Missouri) stream is in Atchison County.
Adjacent counties
- Fremont County, Iowa (north)
- Page County, Iowa (northeast)
- Nodaway County (east)
- Holt County (south)
- Richardson County, Nebraska (southwest)
- Nemaha County, Nebraska (west)
- Otoe County, Nebraska (northwest)
Major highways
Transit
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1850 | 1,678 | — | |
1860 | 4,649 | 177.1% | |
1870 | 8,440 | 81.5% | |
1880 | 14,556 | 72.5% | |
1890 | 15,533 | 6.7% | |
1900 | 16,501 | 6.2% | |
1910 | 13,604 | −17.6% | |
1920 | 13,008 | −4.4% | |
1930 | 13,421 | 3.2% | |
1940 | 12,897 | −3.9% | |
1950 | 11,127 | −13.7% | |
1960 | 9,213 | −17.2% | |
1970 | 9,240 | 0.3% | |
1980 | 8,605 | −6.9% | |
1990 | 7,457 | −13.3% | |
2000 | 6,430 | −13.8% | |
2010 | 5,685 | −11.6% | |
2020 | 5,305 | −6.7% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[7] 1790-1960[8] 1900-1990[9] 1990-2000[10] 2010-2015[1] |
As of the
There were 2,722 households, out of which 26.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.80% were married couples living together, 6.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.70% were non-families. 31.50% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.82.
In the county, the population was spread out, with 24.10% under the age of 18, 6.50% from 18 to 24, 24.20% from 25 to 44, 24.20% from 45 to 64, and 21.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 99.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.90 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $30,959, and the median income for a family was $38,279. Males had a median income of $27,468 versus $18,855 for females. The
Religion
According to the Association of Religion Data Archives County Membership Report (2010), Atchison County is sometimes regarded as being on the northern edge of the Bible Belt, although mainline Protestantism is the most predominant religion. The most predominant denominations among residents in Atchison County who adhere to a religion are United Methodists (29.93%), Lutherans (LCMC) (22.16%), and Southern Baptists (14.33%).
2020 census
Race | Num. | Perc. |
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White (NH)
|
4,983 | 94% |
Black or African American (NH)
|
22 | 0.41% |
Native American (NH)
|
25 | 0.5% |
Asian (NH)
|
7 | 0.13% |
Pacific Islander (NH)
|
0 | 0% |
Other/Mixed (NH)
|
195 | 3.7% |
Latino
|
73 | 1.4% |
Education
Public schools
- Fairfax R-III School District – Fairfax
- Fairfax Elementary School (PK-06)
- Fairfax High School (07-12)
- Rock Port R-II School District – Rock Port
- Rock Port Elementary School (K-06)
- Rock Port High School (07-12)
- Tarkio R-I School District – Tarkio
- Tarkio Elementary School (PK-06)
- Tarkio High School (07-12)
Private schools
- Tarkio Academy – Tarkio (07-12) – Nonsectarian (All Boys) - closed
Public libraries
Communities
Cities
Village
Unincorporated communities
Townships
Atchison County is divided into 11 townships:
Notable people
- Michael J. Burg - Actor
- Missouri Supreme CourtJustice
- Missouri's 6th Congressional District
Politics
Local
The Republican Party controls politics at the local level in Atchison County. Republicans hold all but two of the elected positions in the county.
Atchison County, Missouri | |||
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Elected countywide officials | |||
Assessor | Rochelle Moore Long | Republican | |
Circuit Clerk | Thyra Davis Beckman | Republican | |
County Clerk | Susette M. Taylor | Republican | |
Collector | Diane Livengood | Republican | |
Commissioner (Presiding) | Curtis Livengood | Republican | |
Commissioner (District 1) | James Quimby | Republican | |
Commissioner (District 2) | Richard C. Burke | Democratic | |
Coroner | Shawn Minter Jr. | Republican | |
Prosecuting Attorney | Brett Hurst | Republican | |
Public Administrator | Teresa Jayne Scott | Republican | |
Recorder | Eliza Beasing | Republican | |
Sheriff | Dennis D. Martin | Republican | |
Treasurer | Debbie True | Republican |
State
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third Parties
|
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2020
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78.38% 2,171 | 19.24% 533 | 2.38% 66 |
2016
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65.22% 1,746 | 31.45% 842 | 3.33% 89 |
2012
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49.83% 1,319 | 46.85% 1,240 | 3.32% 88 |
2008
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45.93% 1,336 | 50.22% 1,461 | 3.85% 112 |
2004
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63.65% 1,973 | 34.90% 1,082 | 1.45% 45 |
2000
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57.05% 1,610 | 41.42% 1,169 | 1.53% 43 |
1996
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37.36% 1,111 | 61.13% 1,818 | 1.51% 45 |
1992
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50.70% 1,604 | 49.30% 1,560 | 0.00% 0 |
All of Atchison County is a part of Missouri's 1st District in the Missouri House of Representatives and is represented by Jeff Farnan (R-Stanberry).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Jeff Farnan | 1,475 | 77.02% | -22.98 | |
Democratic | Jess Piper | 440 | 22.98% | +22.98 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Allen Andrews | 2,575 | 100.00% | +17.73 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Allen Andrews | 1,819 | 82.27% | -17.73 | |
Democratic | Paul Taylor | 392 | 17.73% | +17.73 |
All of Atchison County is a part of Missouri's 12th District in the Missouri Senate and is currently represented by Rusty Black (R-Chillicothe).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Rusty Black | 1,591 | 82.86% | +4.23 | |
Democratic | Michael J. Baumli | 329 | 17.14% | -4.23 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Dan Hegeman | 1,722 | 78.63% | -21.37 | |
Democratic | Terry Richard | 468 | 21.37% | +21.37 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dan Hegeman | 1,601 | 100.00% |
Federal
All of Atchison County is included in
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Sam Graves | 1,583 | 82.11% | +0.72 | |
Democratic | Henry Martin | 302 | 15.66% | -0.35 | |
Libertarian | Edward A. "Andy" Maidment | 43 | 2.23% | -0.37 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Sam Graves | 2,257 | 81.39% | +4.53 | |
Democratic | Gena L. Ross | 444 | 16.01% | -3.66 | |
Libertarian | Jim Higgins | 72 | 2.60% | -0.87 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Sam Graves | 1,704 | 76.86% | -0.16 | |
Democratic | Henry Robert Martin | 436 | 19.67% | +0.20 | |
Libertarian | Dan Hogan | 77 | 3.47% | +0.97 |
Atchison County, along with the rest of the state of Missouri, is represented in the
).Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Eric Schmitt | 1,468 | 76.44% | +6.87 | |
Democratic | Trudy Busch Valentine | 392 | 20.52% | -5.90 | |
Libertarian | Jonathan Dine | 32 | 1.68% | +1.01 | |
Constitution | Paul Venable | 18 | 0.94% | +0.94 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Josh Hawley | 1,619 | 72.70% | +22.40 | |
Democratic | Claire McCaskill | 542 | 24.34% | -19.02 | |
Libertarian | Japheth Campbell | 36 | 1.62% | -4.72 | |
Independent
|
Craig O'Dear | 15 | 0.67% | ||
Green
|
Jo Crain | 15 | 0.67% | +0.67 |
Blunt was elected to a second term in 2016 over then-Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Roy Blunt | 1,861 | 69.57% | +19.27 | |
Democratic | Jason Kander | 704 | 26.32% | -17.04 | |
Libertarian | Jonathan Dine | 72 | 2.69% | -3.35 | |
Green
|
Johnathan McFarland | 19 | 0.71% | +0.71 | |
Constitution | Fred Ryman | 19 | 0.71% | +0.71 |
Political culture
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 2,199 | 78.14% | 564 | 20.04% | 51 | 1.81% |
2016 | 2,060 | 75.46% | 541 | 19.82% | 129 | 4.73% |
2012 | 1,902 | 70.21% | 756 | 27.91% | 51 | 1.88% |
2008 | 1,936 | 65.05% | 1,000 | 33.60% | 40 | 1.34% |
2004 | 2,137 | 67.71% | 1,005 | 31.84% | 14 | 0.44% |
2000 | 1,798 | 62.63% | 1,013 | 35.28% | 60 | 2.09% |
1996 | 1,327 | 44.56% | 1,266 | 42.51% | 385 | 12.93% |
1992 | 1,140 | 35.64% | 1,208 | 37.76% | 851 | 26.60% |
1988 | 1,761 | 54.37% | 1,468 | 45.32% | 10 | 0.31% |
1984 | 2,277 | 65.13% | 1,219 | 34.87% | 0 | 0.00% |
1980 | 2,096 | 58.94% | 1,273 | 35.80% | 187 | 5.26% |
1976 | 1,960 | 49.87% | 1,926 | 49.01% | 44 | 1.12% |
1972 | 2,927 | 65.98% | 1,509 | 34.02% | 0 | 0.00% |
1968 | 2,206 | 51.36% | 1,752 | 40.79% | 337 | 7.85% |
1964 | 1,653 | 36.55% | 2,870 | 63.45% | 0 | 0.00% |
1960 | 2,659 | 55.10% | 2,167 | 44.90% | 0 | 0.00% |
1956 | 2,774 | 54.45% | 2,321 | 45.55% | 0 | 0.00% |
1952 | 3,259 | 61.53% | 2,028 | 38.29% | 10 | 0.19% |
1948 | 2,190 | 46.67% | 2,498 | 53.23% | 5 | 0.11% |
1944 | 2,803 | 55.83% | 2,214 | 44.09% | 4 | 0.08% |
1940 | 3,322 | 52.25% | 3,025 | 47.58% | 11 | 0.17% |
1936 | 3,044 | 46.81% | 3,452 | 53.08% | 7 | 0.11% |
1932 | 2,155 | 37.12% | 3,617 | 62.30% | 34 | 0.59% |
1928 | 3,239 | 55.98% | 2,535 | 43.81% | 12 | 0.21% |
1924 | 2,710 | 49.26% | 2,617 | 47.57% | 174 | 3.16% |
1920 | 3,236 | 58.69% | 2,227 | 40.39% | 51 | 0.92% |
1916 | 1,626 | 48.12% | 1,697 | 50.22% | 56 | 1.66% |
1912 | 1,138 | 34.52% | 1,534 | 46.53% | 625 | 18.96% |
1908 | 1,700 | 49.66% | 1,651 | 48.23% | 72 | 2.10% |
1904 | 1,839 | 52.75% | 1,506 | 43.20% | 141 | 4.04% |
1900 | 1,767 | 45.99% | 1,926 | 50.13% | 149 | 3.88% |
1896 | 1,587 | 40.64% | 2,272 | 58.18% | 46 | 1.18% |
1892 | 1,093 | 31.98% | 1,147 | 33.56% | 1,178 | 34.46% |
1888 | 1,554 | 46.17% | 1,465 | 43.52% | 347 | 10.31% |
At the presidential level, Atchison County is solidly Republican. Atchison County strongly favored
Like most rural areas throughout northwest Missouri, voters in Atchison County generally adhere to socially and culturally
Missouri presidential preference primaries
2020
The 2020 presidential primaries for both the Democratic and Republican parties were held in Missouri on March 10. On the Democratic side, former Vice President Joe Biden (D-Delaware) both won statewide and carried Atchison County by a wide margin. Biden went on to defeat President Donald Trump in the general election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Joe Biden | 211 | 66.98 | ||
Democratic | Bernie Sanders | 86 | 27.30 | ||
Democratic | Tulsi Gabbard | 4 | 1.27 | ||
Democratic | Others/Uncommitted | 14 | 4.44 |
Incumbent President Donald Trump (R-Florida) faced a primary challenge from former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld, but won both Atchison County and statewide by large margins.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Donald Trump | 454 | 98.06 | ||
Republican | Bill Weld | 5 | 1.08 | ||
Republican | Others/Uncommitted | 4 | 0.86 |
2016
The 2016 presidential primaries for both the Republican and Democratic parties were held in Missouri on March 15. Businessman Donald Trump (R-New York) narrowly won the state overall and carried a plurality of the vote in Atchison County. He went on to win the presidency.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Donald Trump | 487 | 43.68 | ||
Republican | Ted Cruz | 325 | 29.15 | ||
Republican | Marco Rubio | 135 | 12.11 | ||
Republican | John Kasich | 123 | 11.03 | ||
Republican | Others/Uncommitted | 45 | 4.04 |
On the Democratic side, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) carried Atchison County, but former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D-New York) won statewide by a small margin. Clinton won the nomination that year.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Bernie Sanders | 173 | 54.57 | ||
Democratic | Hillary Clinton | 141 | 44.48 | ||
Democratic | Others/Uncommitted | 3 | 0.95 |
2012
The 2012 Missouri Republican Presidential Primary's results were nonbinding on the state's national convention delegates. Voters in Atchison County supported former
2008
In 2008, the Missouri Republican Presidential Primary was closely contested, with
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John McCain | 281 | 37.92 | ||
Republican | Mitt Romney | 230 | 31.04 | ||
Republican | Mike Huckabee | 189 | 25.51 | ||
Republican | Ron Paul | 25 | 3.37 | ||
Republican | Others/Uncommitted | 16 | 2.15 |
Then-
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Hillary Clinton | 347 | 54.73 | ||
Democratic | Barack Obama | 262 | 41.32 | ||
Democratic | Others/Uncommitted | 25 | 3.94 |
See also
References
- ^ a b "2020 Population and Housing State Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 202.
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- ^ "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Atchison County, Missouri".
- ^ Atchison County Elections. "Official Election Results - General Election - November 8,2022" (PDF). acmoelections.org. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
- ^ Atchison County Elections. "Official Election Results - General Election - November 8,2022" (PDF). acmoelections.org. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
- ^ Atchison County Elections. "Official Election Results - General Election - November 8,2022" (PDF). acmoelections.org. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
- ^ Atchison County Elections. "Official Election Results - General Election - November 8,2022" (PDF). acmoelections.org. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
- ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
- ^ There were only 1,114 votes for the leading "other" candidate, Populist James Weaver, plus 64 for the Prohibition Party's John Bidwell.
External links
- Digitized 1930 Plat Book of Atchison County Archived August 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine from University of Missouri Division of Special Collections, Archives, and Rare Books