Platte County, Missouri

Platte County, Missouri

Platte County Courthouse
Location in the state of Missouri
Missouri's location in the U.S.
Founded	December 31, 1838
Named for	Platte River or Platte Purchase
Seat	Platte City
Largest city	Kansas City
Area
• Total	427 sq mi (1,106 km²)
• Land	420 sq mi (1,088 km²)
• Water	6.6 sq mi (17 km²), 1.5%
Population
• (2010)	89,322
• Density	213/sq mi (82/km²)
Congressional district	6th
Time zone	Central: UTC-6/-5
Website	.us.mo.platte.cowww

Platte County is a

Categories

State of Missouri

Jefferson City (capital)

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Society	Culture Crime Demographics Economy Education Politics

Regions	Boonslick Bootheel Crowley's Ridge Dissected Till Plains Four State Area Henry Shaw Ozark Corridor Honey Lands Lead Belt Lincoln Hills Little Dixie Loess Hills Mid-Missouri Mississippi Embayment Missouri Rhineland Northern Plains Osage Plains Ozark Plateau Platte Purchase Pony Express St. Francois Mountains Westplex

Metro areas	Columbia Jefferson City Joplin Kansas City Springfield St. Joseph St. Louis

Largest cities	Kansas City St. Louis Springfield Independence Columbia Lee's Summit O'Fallon St. Joseph St. Charles St. Peters Blue Springs Florissant Joplin Chesterfield Jefferson City Cape Girardeau Wildwood University City Ballwin Raytown Liberty Wentzville Kirkwood Maryland Heights Hazelwood

Counties and independent cities	Adair Andrew Atchison Audrain Barry Barton Bates Benton Bollinger Boone Buchanan Butler Caldwell Callaway Camden Cape Girardeau Carroll Carter Cass Cedar Chariton Christian Clark Clay Clinton Cole Cooper Crawford Dade Dallas Daviess DeKalb Dent Douglas Dunklin Franklin Gasconade Gentry Greene Grundy Harrison Henry Hickory Holt Howard Howell Iron Jackson Jasper Jefferson Johnson Knox Laclede Lafayette Lawrence Lewis Lincoln Linn Livingston Macon Madison Maries Marion McDonald Mercer Miller Mississippi Moniteau Monroe Montgomery Morgan New Madrid Newton Nodaway Oregon Osage Ozark Pemiscot Perry Pettis Phelps Pike Platte Polk Pulaski Putnam Ralls Randolph Ray Reynolds Ripley St. Charles St. Clair St. Francois St. Louis (City) St. Louis (County) Ste. Genevieve Saline Schuyler Scotland Scott Shannon Shelby Stoddard Stone Sullivan Taney Texas Vernon Warren Washington Wayne Webster Worth Wright

Municipalities and communities of Platte County, Missouri, United States

County seat: Platte City

Cities	Camden Point Dearborn‡ Edgerton Houston Lake Kansas City‡ Lake Waukomis Northmoor Parkville Platte City Platte Woods Riverside Smithville‡ Tracy Weatherby Lake Weston

Villages	Farley Ferrelview Iatan Ridgely

Townships	Carroll Fair Fox Green Kickapoo Lee Marshall May Pawnee Pettis Preston Sioux Waldron Weston

Unincorporated communities	East Leavenworth Waldron

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Kansas City metropolitan area's cities and counties

Central city	Kansas City, Missouri

Largest cities (over 100,000 in 2000)	Independence Kansas City, Kansas Olathe Overland Park

Medium-sized cities (10,000 to 100,000 in 2000)	Blue Springs Belton Excelsior Springs Gladstone Grandview Lansing Leawood Leavenworth Lee's Summit Lenexa Liberty Merriam Ottawa Prairie Village Raymore Raytown Shawnee

Smaller Cities (between 5,000 and 9,900 in 2010)	De Soto Bonner Springs Basehor Edgerton Paola

Counties	Jackson Clay Cass Platte Lafayette Ray Clinton Bates Caldwell Johnson Wyandotte Leavenworth Miami Franklin Linn

Atchison County, Kansas

Buchanan County

Clinton County

Clay County

Platte County, Missouri

Leavenworth County, Kansas

Wyandotte County, Kansas

Jackson County

Platte County Government's Website
Platte County Sheriff's Office Website
Digitized 1930 Plat Book of Platte County from University of Missouri Division of Special Collections, Archives, and Rare Books

External links

^ ^a ^b "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
^ "Platte County History". Platte County, Missouri. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
^ Soil Survey (Platte County, Missouri ed.). U.S. Dept of Agriculture. 1923. p. 2. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
^ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014". Retrieved June 4, 2015.
^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
^ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
^ "American FactFinder".

References

National Register of Historic Places listings in Platte County, Missouri

Communities

Platte County, Missouri
2008 Democratic primary in Missouri
Hillary Clinton	5,434 (50.07%)
Barack Obama	5,158 (47.53%)
John Edwards (withdrawn)	192 (1.77%)

Platte County, Missouri
2008 Republican primary in Missouri
John McCain	2,793 (33.49%)
Mike Huckabee	1,825 (21.88%)
Mitt Romney	3,109 (37.27%)
Ron Paul	472 (5.66%)

Former U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-New York) received more votes, a total of 5,434, than any candidate from either party in Platte County during the 2008 presidential primary.

Missouri Presidential Preference Primary (2008)

**Past Presidential Elections Results**
Year	Republican	Democratic	Third Parties
2008	52.44% 24,460	46.01% 21,459	1.55% 721
2004	55.52% 23,302	43.87% 18,412	0.61% 256
2000	52.23% 17,785	45.00% 15,325	2.77% 944
1996	45.37% 13,332	43.23% 12,705	11.40% 3,351

U.S. House of Representatives – Missouri’s 6th Congressional District – Platte County (2010)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Sam Graves	21,087	68.16
	Democratic	Clint Hylton	9,843	31.82

All of Platte County is included in Missouri’s 6th Congressional District and is currently represented by Sam Graves (R-Tarkio) in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Federal

Missouri Senate - District 34 – Platte County (2010)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Rob Schaaf	18,885	61.53
	Democratic	Martin T. Rucker	11,805	38.47

All of Platte County is a part of Missouri’s 34th District in the Missouri Senate and is currently represented by Rob Schaaf (R-St. Joseph).

Missouri House of Representatives - District 32 – Platte County (2010)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Ron Schieber	7,441	50.59
	Democratic	Jason Grill	7,267	49.41

District 32 – Ron Schieber (R-Kansas City). Consists of the communities of Houston Lake, Lake Waukomis, Northmoor, Parkville, Platte Woods, Riverside, and less than a tenth of the city of Kansas City.

Missouri House of Representatives - District 30 – Platte County (2010)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Nick Marshall	8,888	59.52
	Democratic	Lexi Norris	6,044	40.48

District 30 – Nick Marshall (R-Parkville). Consists of the communities of Camden Point, Dearborn, Edgerton, Farley, Ferrelview, Platte City, Ridgely, Tracy, Weatherby Lake, and a small portion of the city of Kansas City.

Missouri House of Representatives - District 29 – Platte County (2010)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Galen Wayne Higdon, Jr.	710	54.32
	Democratic	Bill Caldwell	597	45.68

District 29 – Galen Wayne Higdon, Jr. (R-St. Joseph). Consists of the community of Weston.

Platte County is divided into three legislative districts in the Missouri House of Representatives, all of which are held by Republicans.

**Past Gubernatorial Elections Results**
Year	Republican	Democratic	Third Parties
2008	42.51% 19,417	55.23% 25,228	2.26% 1,032
2004	48.31% 20,137	50.31% 20,970	1.32% 577
2000	50.23% 16,971	47.69% 16,115	2.08% 703
1996	36.40% 10,581	61.37% 17,840	2.23% 647

State

Platte County, Missouri
Elected countywide officials
Assessor	David Cox	Republican
County Clerk	Nancy Armstrong	Republican
Collector	Sheila Palmer	Republican
Commissioner (Presiding)	Ron Schieber	Republican
Commissioner (District 1)	Beverlee Roper	Republican
Commissioner (District 2)	Duane Soper	Republican
Prosecuting Attorney	Eric Zahnd	Republican
Public Administrator	Toni Clemens	Republican
Recorder	Gloria Boyer	Republican
Sheriff	Mark Owen	Republican
Treasurer	Rob Willard	Republican

The Republican Party controls politics at the local level in Platte County. Republicans hold all of the elected positions in the county. However, Governor Jay Nixon carried the county in his two successful elections, and in 2004, Claire McCaskill of Jackson County narrowly won a majority of the county's votes over Republican victor Matt Blunt.

Local

Politics

Clay-Platte Children’s House Montessori School – Kansas City (PK-08) – Nonsectarian
Martin Luther Academy – Kansas City (K-08) – Lutheran
Northland Christian Education System – Kansas City (PK-12) – Nondenominational Christian
St. Therese School – Kansas City (K-08) – Roman Catholic
St. Pius X High School – Kansas City (09-12) – Roman Catholic
Prairie View KinderCare – Kansas City (NS/PK) – Nonsectarian
Christ Lutheran Pre-Kindergarten School – Platte Woods (NS/PK) – Lutheran

Private schools

North Platte County R-I School District – Dearborn
- North Platte County Elementary School (PK-03)
- North Platte County Intermediate School (04-06)
- North Platte County Junior High School (07-08)
- North Platte County High School (09-12)
Park Hill School District – Kansas City
- Park Hill Day School (K-12) – (Special Education)
- Alfred L. Renner Elementary School (K-05)
- Thomas B. Chinn Elementary School (K-05)
- English Landing Elementary School (K-05)
- Graden Elementary School (K-05)
- Hawthorn Elementary School (K-05)
- Line Creek Elementary School (K-05)
- Park Hill Early Childhood Education Center (PK)
- Prairie Point Elementary School (K-05)
- Southeast Elementary School (K-05)
- Tiffany Ridge Elementary School (K-05)
- Union Chapel Elementary School (K-05)
- Congress Middle School (07-08)
- Lakeview Middle School (07-08)
- Plaza Middle School (06)
- Park Hill High School (09-12) -- within Kansas City city limits
- Park Hill South High School (09-12) – Riverside
Platte County R-III School District – Platte City
- Donald D. Siegrist Elementary School (PK-03)
- Pathfinder Elementary School (PK-02)
- Rising Star Elementary School (K)
- Barry Elementary School (03-08)
- Paxton Elementary School (04-05)
- Platte City Middle School (06-08)
- Platte County High School (09-12)
West Platte County R-II School District – Weston
- Central Elementary School (PK-06)
- West Platte County High School (07-12)

Public schools

Education

The median income for a household in the county was $55,849, and the median income for a family was $65,236. Males had a median income of $44,310 versus $31,005 for females. The per capita income for the county was $26,356. About 3.30% of families and 4.80% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.70% of those under age 18 and 5.70% of those age 65 or over.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.80% under the age of 18, 8.30% from 18 to 24, 32.60% from 25 to 44, 24.50% from 45 to 64, and 8.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 98.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.50 males.

There were 29,278 households out of which 34.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.00% were married couples living together, 8.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.90% were non-families. 24.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.00.

As of the census^[11] of 2000, there were 73,781 people, 29,278 households, and 20,231 families residing in the county. The population density was 176 people per square mile (68/km²). There were 30,902 housing units at an average density of 74 per square mile (28/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 91.45% White, 3.49% Black or African American, 0.46% Native American, 1.48% Asian, 0.20% Pacific Islander, 1.05% from other races, and 1.87% from two or more races. Approximately 3.00% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 23.4% were of German, 12.5% Irish, 12.2% American and 11.4% English ancestry according to Census 2000.

Demographics

Major highways

Adjacent counties

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 427 square miles (1,110 km²), of which 420 square miles (1,100 km²) is land and 6.6 square miles (17 km²) (1.5%) is water.^[5] The county's southwestern border with Kansas is formed by the Missouri River.

Platte County Courthouse in Platte City was built after the original courthouse was burned with the rest of Platte City during the American Civil War. Blanche Barrow was held at the adjoining jail following a Bonnie & Clyde shootout just south of Platte City.

Geography

Geography 1
- Adjacent counties 1.1
- Major highways 1.2
Demographics 2
Education 3
- Public schools 3.1
- Private schools 3.2
Politics 4
- Local 4.1
- State 4.2
- Federal 4.3
- Missouri Presidential Preference Primary (2008) 4.4
Communities 5
See also 6
References 7
External links 8

Platte County is part of the Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area and contains some of the city's northwestern suburbs. Kansas City International Airport is located in the county, approximately one mile west of Interstate 29 between mile markers 12 and 15. The land for the airport was originally in an unincorporated portion of Platte County before being annexed by Platte City, and eventually Kansas City.

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Platte County, Missouri