Daviess County, Missouri
Daviess County | |
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UTC−5 (CDT) | |
Congressional district | 6th |
Website | https://www.daviesscountymo.gov |
Daviess County is a
The county includes the town of Jamesport, which has the largest Amish community in Missouri.
History
According to
In 1838, two years after the county was organized, Joseph Smith's claims about the history of the area spurred in an influx of Mormon settlers. Non-Mormon residents feared they were going to lose control of the county and attempted to prevent Mormons from voting in the
Daviess County played a major role in the history of the outlaw
After Jesse James was murdered in St. Joseph, Frank James surrendered in 1882 to face Daviess County charges in connection with the train robbery/murder as well as murder charges in the 1869 bank robbery. Frank James was tried from August 20 – September 6, 1883. Interest was so intense that the trial was moved to the Gallatin Opera House to accommodate the crowds. James was found not guilty of involvement in both crimes. Charges were made that the jury was filled with Southern sympathizers who refused to convict one of their own.[7]
The Daviess County Savings Association and the Gallatin Opera House have since been torn down, although the Winston Rock Island Line train station still stands and is operated by the local historical society as a museum.
Daviess County has one of only three
Geography
According to the
Adjacent counties
- Harrison County (north)
- Grundy County (northeast)
- Livingston County (southeast)
- Caldwell County (south)
- DeKalb County (west)
- Gentry County (northwest)
Major highways
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1840 | 2,736 | — | |
1850 | 5,298 | 93.6% | |
1860 | 9,606 | 81.3% | |
1870 | 14,410 | 50.0% | |
1880 | 19,145 | 32.9% | |
1890 | 20,456 | 6.8% | |
1900 | 21,325 | 4.2% | |
1910 | 17,605 | −17.4% | |
1920 | 16,641 | −5.5% | |
1930 | 14,424 | −13.3% | |
1940 | 13,398 | −7.1% | |
1950 | 11,180 | −16.6% | |
1960 | 9,502 | −15.0% | |
1970 | 8,420 | −11.4% | |
1980 | 8,905 | 5.8% | |
1990 | 7,865 | −11.7% | |
2000 | 8,016 | 1.9% | |
2010 | 8,433 | 5.2% | |
2020 | 8,430 | 0.0% | |
2021 (est.) | 8,399 | [10] | −0.4% |
U.S. Decennial Census[11] 1790-1960[12] 1900-1990[13] 1990-2000[14] 2010-2020[2] |
As of the
There were 3,214 households, out of which 31.92% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.81% were married couples living together, 8.06% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.34% were non-families. 24.64% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.89% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.06.
In the county, the population was spread out, with 26.70% under the age of 18, 7.02% from 18 to 24, 21.81% from 25 to 44, 27.38% from 45 to 64, and 17.09% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 98.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.30 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $39,925, and the median income for a family was $48,839. Males had a median income of $33,882 versus $28,891 for females. The
Religion
2020 Census
Race | Num. | Perc. |
---|---|---|
White (NH)
|
7,924 | 94% |
Black or African American (NH)
|
31 | 0.37% |
Native American (NH)
|
27 | 0.32% |
Asian (NH)
|
16 | 0.19% |
Pacific Islander (NH)
|
10 | 0.12% |
Other/Mixed (NH)
|
309 | 3.67% |
Latino
|
113 | 1.34% |
Education
Of adults 25 years of age and older in Daviess County, 84.0% possess a high school diploma or higher, while 14.4% hold a bachelor's degree or higher as their highest educational attainment.
Public schools
- Gallatin R-V School District - Gallatin
- Covel D. Searcy Elementary School (PK-04)
- Gallatin Middle School (05-08)
- Gallatin High School (09-12)
- North Daviess County R-III School District - Jameson
- Pattonsburg R-II School District - Pattonsburg
- Pattonsburg Elementary School (PK-06)
- Pattonsburg High School (07-12)
- Tri-County R-VII School District - Jamesport
- Tri-County Elementary School (K-06)
- Tri-County High School (07-12)
- Winston R-VI School District - Winston
- Winston Elementary School (PK-06)
- Winston High School (07-12)
Private schools
- Country View School - Jamesport - (01-08) - Amish
- Hickory Hill School - Jamesport - (01-08) - Amish
- Jamesport Mennonite School - Mennonite
- Meadow View School - Jamesport - (01-07) Amish
- Oak Grove School - Jamesport - (01-08) - Amish
- Spring Hill School - Jamesport - (01-08) - Amish
- Walnut Creek School - Jamesport - (01-08) - Amish
Public libraries
- Daviess County Library[18]
Communities
Cities
- Coffey
- Gallatin (county seat)
- Gilman City
- Jamesport
- Pattonsburg
Villages
Census-designated place
Unincorporated communities
Notable people
- Phog Allen - University of Kansas coach, called the "Father of Basketball Coaching."
- U.S. Senator (R-Montana), (1989-2007)
- Webster Davis - Mayor of Kansas City, (1894-1895)
- Governor of Missouri, (1901-1905)
- Brice Garnett - Professional golfer
- Larry Holley - Head men's basketball coach at William Jewell College
- William Thornton Kemper Sr. - Patriarch of the Missouri Kemper financial family
- U.S. Representative, (1973-1976)
- Johnny Ringo - outlaw who briefly lived in the area
- Academy Award-nominated actress
- Wild Bill Elliott - Hollywood western movie actor, best known for role as "Red Ryder"
Politics
Local
Politics are predominantly controlled by the Republican Party at the local level in Daviess County.
Daviess County, Missouri | |||
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Elected countywide officials | |||
Assessor | Aaron Piburn | Republican | |
Circuit Clerk | Sandy Dustman | Republican | |
County Clerk | Rachel Taylor | Republican | |
Collector | Lacey Corwin | Democratic | |
Commissioner (Presiding) | Jim Ruse | Republican | |
Commissioner (District 1) | David Cox | Republican | |
Commissioner (District 2) | Wayne Uthe | Republican | |
Coroner | Jason Smith | Republican | |
Prosecuting Attorney | Andrea (Annie) Gibson | Democratic | |
Public Administrator | Tammy Huffman | Republican | |
Recorder | Tiffany Tadlock | Republican | |
Sheriff | Larry Adams | Republican | |
Treasurer | Lacey Corwin | Democratic |
State
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third Parties
|
---|---|---|---|
2020
|
77.21% 2,975 | 20.11% 775 | 2.67% 103 |
2016
|
61.65% 2,300 | 34.87% 1,301 | 3.48% 130 |
2012
|
48.28% 1,697 | 48.11% 1,691 | 3.61% 127 |
2008
|
44.81% 1,683 | 52.42% 1,969 | 2.77% 104 |
2004
|
55.52% 2,091 | 42.96% 1,618 | 1.51% 57 |
2000
|
50.91% 1,768 | 46.18% 1,604 | 2.90% 101 |
All of Daviess County is a part of Missouri's 2nd District in the Missouri House of Representatives and is currently represented by J. Eggleston (R-Maysville). Eggleston was reelected to a fourth term in 2020.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | J. Eggleston | 3,087 | 81.86% | -16.83 | |
Democratic | Mindi Smith | 684 | 18.14% | +18.14 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | J. Eggleston | 2,633 | 98.69% | -1.31 | |
Write-ins | 35 | 1.31% |
All of Daviess County is a part of Missouri's 12th District in the Missouri Senate and is currently represented by Dan Hegeman (R-Cosby). Hegeman won a second term in 2018.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dan Hegeman | 2,216 | 75.37% | -24.63 | |
Democratic | Terry Richard | 723 | 24.59% | +24.59% | |
Write-ins | 1 | 0.03%% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dan Hegeman | 1,460 | 100.00% |
Federal
All of Daviess County is included in
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Sam Graves | 3,098 | 81.25% | +3.91 | |
Democratic | Gena L. Ross | 633 | 16.60% | -2.96 | |
Libertarian | Jim Higgins | 82 | 2.15% | -0.92 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Sam Graves | 2,321 | 77.34% | +0.83 | |
Democratic | Henry Robert Martin | 587 | 19.56% | -0.48 | |
Libertarian | Dan Hogan | 92 | 3.07% | +0.66 | |
Write-ins | 1 | 0.03% |
Daviess County, along with the rest of the state of Missouri, is represented in the
).Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Josh Hawley | 2,063 | 68.65% | 25.04 | |
Democratic | Claire McCaskill | 815 | 27.12% | -19.96 | |
Independent
|
Craig O'Dear | 58 | 1.86% | ||
Libertarian | Japheth Campbell | 45 | 1.50% | -7.81 | |
Green
|
Jo Crain | 23 | 0.77% | +0.77 | |
Write-Ins | 3 | 0.10% |
Blunt was elected to a second term in 2016 over then-Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Roy Blunt | 2,213 | 59.31% | +15.70 | |
Democratic | Jason Kander | 1,266 | 33.93% | -13.15 | |
Libertarian | Jonathan Dine | 149 | 3.99% | -5.32 | |
Constitution | Fred Ryman | 55 | 1.47% | +1.47 | |
Green
|
Johnathan McFarland | 48 | 1.29% | +1.29 |
Political culture
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 3,102 | 79.31% | 746 | 19.07% | 63 | 1.61% |
2016 | 2,767 | 74.02% | 730 | 19.53% | 241 | 6.45% |
2012 | 2,290 | 65.04% | 1,125 | 31.95% | 106 | 3.01% |
2008 | 2,263 | 59.77% | 1,400 | 36.98% | 123 | 3.25% |
2004 | 2,351 | 61.97% | 1,402 | 36.95% | 41 | 1.08% |
2000 | 2,011 | 57.56% | 1,367 | 39.12% | 116 | 3.32% |
1996 | 1,321 | 39.40% | 1,534 | 45.75% | 498 | 14.85% |
1992 | 1,107 | 29.66% | 1,477 | 39.58% | 1,148 | 30.76% |
1988 | 1,765 | 50.17% | 1,743 | 49.55% | 10 | 0.28% |
1984 | 2,414 | 61.27% | 1,526 | 38.73% | 0 | 0.00% |
1980 | 2,125 | 53.34% | 1,770 | 44.43% | 89 | 2.23% |
1976 | 1,919 | 45.79% | 2,250 | 53.69% | 22 | 0.52% |
1972 | 2,840 | 66.51% | 1,430 | 33.49% | 0 | 0.00% |
1968 | 2,288 | 53.23% | 1,676 | 38.99% | 334 | 7.77% |
1964 | 1,874 | 40.62% | 2,739 | 59.38% | 0 | 0.00% |
1960 | 3,191 | 58.97% | 2,220 | 41.03% | 0 | 0.00% |
1956 | 3,326 | 56.02% | 2,611 | 43.98% | 0 | 0.00% |
1952 | 3,845 | 61.21% | 2,424 | 38.59% | 13 | 0.21% |
1948 | 2,823 | 49.59% | 2,868 | 50.38% | 2 | 0.04% |
1944 | 3,597 | 58.31% | 2,567 | 41.61% | 5 | 0.08% |
1940 | 4,289 | 56.25% | 3,325 | 43.61% | 11 | 0.14% |
1936 | 3,924 | 49.66% | 3,953 | 50.03% | 25 | 0.32% |
1932 | 2,351 | 39.81% | 3,523 | 59.65% | 32 | 0.54% |
1928 | 4,254 | 60.28% | 2,789 | 39.52% | 14 | 0.20% |
1924 | 3,869 | 51.42% | 3,520 | 46.78% | 135 | 1.79% |
1920 | 4,458 | 54.92% | 3,560 | 43.85% | 100 | 1.23% |
1916 | 2,342 | 49.06% | 2,375 | 49.75% | 57 | 1.19% |
1912 | 1,099 | 23.72% | 2,284 | 49.29% | 1,251 | 27.00% |
1908 | 2,388 | 50.14% | 2,294 | 48.16% | 81 | 1.70% |
1904 | 2,568 | 50.31% | 2,344 | 45.92% | 192 | 3.76% |
1900 | 2,373 | 45.29% | 2,670 | 50.95% | 197 | 3.76% |
1896 | 2,330 | 42.33% | 3,125 | 56.77% | 50 | 0.91% |
1892 | 2,019 | 42.57% | 2,257 | 47.59% | 467 | 9.85% |
1888 | 2,049 | 44.21% | 2,320 | 50.05% | 266 | 5.74% |
At the presidential level, Daviess County has become solidly Republican in recent years. Daviess County strongly favored Donald Trump in both 2016 and 2020. Bill Clinton was the last Democratic presidential nominee to carry Daviess County in 1996 with a plurality of the vote, and a Democrat hasn't won majority support from the county's voters in a presidential election since Jimmy Carter in 1976.
Like most rural areas throughout northwest Missouri, voters in Daviess 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 Daviess County by a wide margin. Biden went on to defeat President Donald Trump in the general election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Joe Biden | 302 | 70.73 | ||
Democratic | Bernie Sanders | 94 | 22.01 | ||
Democratic | Tulsi Gabbard | 5 | 1.17 | ||
Democratic | Others/Uncommitted | 26 | 6.09 |
Incumbent President Donald Trump (R-Florida) faced a primary challenge from former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld, but won both Daviess County and statewide by overwhelming margins.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Donald Trump | 486 | 96.24 | ||
Republican | Bill Weld | 6 | 1.19 | ||
Republican | Others/Uncommitted | 13 | 2.57 |
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, but carried a majority of the vote in Daviess County. He went on to win the presidency.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Donald Trump | 634 | 50.32 | ||
Republican | Ted Cruz | 410 | 32.54 | ||
Republican | John Kasich | 105 | 8.33 | ||
Republican | Marco Rubio | 74 | 5.87 | ||
Republican | Others/Uncommitted | 37 | 2.94 |
On the Democratic side, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D-New York) both won statewide and carried Daviess County by a small margin.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Hillary Clinton | 239 | 51.07 | ||
Democratic | Bernie Sanders | 221 | 47.22 | ||
Democratic | Others/Uncommitted | 8 | 1.71 |
2012
The 2012 Missouri Republican Presidential Primary's results were nonbinding on the state's national convention delegates. Voters in Daviess County supported former
2008
In 2008, the Missouri Republican Presidential Primary was closely contested, with
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John McCain | 236 | 29.99 | ||
Republican | Mitt Romney | 220 | 27.95 | ||
Republican | Mike Huckabee | 216 | 27.45 | ||
Republican | Ron Paul | 95 | 12.07 | ||
Republican | Others/Uncommitted | 20 | 2.54 |
Then-
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Hillary Clinton | 534 | 62.75 | ||
Democratic | Barack Obama | 283 | 33.25 | ||
Democratic | Others/Uncommitted | 34 | 4.00 |
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Daviess County, Missouri
References
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External links
- Daviess County Sheriff's Office
- Digitized 1930 Plat Book of Daviess County Archived August 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine from University of Missouri Division of Special Collections, Archives, and Rare Books