Grundy County, Missouri

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Grundy County
County
Grundy County Missouri Courthouse 20151003-064.jpg
Grundy County Courthouse in Trenton
Map of Missouri highlighting Grundy County.svg
Location within the U.S. state of Missouri
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Missouri's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 40°07′N93°34′W / 40.11°N 93.57°W / 40.11; -93.57
CountryFlag of the United States.svg United States
StateFlag of Missouri.svg  Missouri
FoundedJanuary 2, 1841
Named for Felix Grundy
Seat Trenton
Largest cityTrenton
Area
 • Total
438 sq mi (1,130 km2)
 • Land435 sq mi (1,130 km2)
 • Water2.8 sq mi (7 km2)  0.6%
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
9,808
 • Density22/sq mi (8.6/km2)
Time zone UTC−6 (Central)
 • Summer (DST) UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district 6th
Website www.grundycountymo.com

Grundy County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,808. [1] Its county seat is Trenton. [2] The county was organized January 2, 1841, from part of Livingston County, Missouri and named after U.S. Attorney General Felix Grundy. [3] [4]

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Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 438 square miles (1,130 km2), of which 435 square miles (1,130 km2) is land and 2.8 square miles (7.3 km2) (0.6%) is water. [5]

Adjacent counties

Major highways

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1850 3,006—
1860 7,887162.4%
1870 10,56734.0%
1880 15,18543.7%
1890 17,87617.7%
1900 17,832−0.2%
1910 16,744−6.1%
1920 17,5544.8%
1930 16,135−8.1%
1940 15,716−2.6%
1950 13,220−15.9%
1960 12,220−7.6%
1970 11,819−3.3%
1980 11,9591.2%
1990 10,536−11.9%
2000 10,432−1.0%
2010 10,261−1.6%
2020 9,808−4.4%
U.S. Decennial Census [6]
1790-1960 [7] 1900-1990 [8]
1990-2000 [9] 2010-2015 [1]

As of the 2010 census, there were 10,261 people, 4,204 households, and 2,694 families residing in the county. The population density was 23.43 people per square mile (9.05 people/km2). There were 5,023 housing units at an average density of 11.47 units per square mile (4.43 units/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 96.94% White, 0.57% Black or African American, 0.42% Native American, 0.36% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 6.53% from other races, and 1.02% from two or more races. Approximately 1.73% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 4,204 households, out of which 28.28% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.05% were married couples living together, 8.68% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.92% were non-families. 31.14% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.37% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.94.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 24.04% under the age of 18, 9.27% from 18 to 24, 20.29% from 25 to 44, 25.93% from 45 to 64, and 20.47% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41.6 years. For every 100 females there were 91.22 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.03 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $35,239, and the median income for a family was $45,959. Males had a median income of $31,843 versus $25,231 for females. The per capita income for the county was $18,148. About 10.2% of families and 13.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.4% of those under age 18 and 16.7% of those age 65 or over.

Religion

According to the Association of Religion Data Archives County Membership Report (2010), Grundy County is sometimes regarded as being on the northern edge of the Bible Belt, with evangelical Protestantism being the majority religion. The most predominant denominations among residents in Grundy County who adhere to a religion are Southern Baptists (49.86%), United Methodists (13.51%), and Disciples of Christ (6.95%).

2020 Census

Grundy County Racial Composition [10]
RaceNum.Perc.
White (NH)9,12193%
Black or African American (NH)500.5%
Native American (NH)330.34%
Asian (NH)540.55%
Pacific Islander (NH)80.08%
Other/Mixed (NH)3013.07%
Hispanic or Latino 2412.5%

Education

Public schools

Private schools

Public libraries

Communities

Cities

Village

Census-designated places

Unincorporated communities

Townships

Source [12]

  • Franklin
  • Harrison
  • Jackson
  • Jefferson
  • Liberty
  • Lincoln
  • Madison
  • Marion
  • Myers
  • Taylor
  • Trenton
  • Washington
  • Wilson

Notable people

Politics

Local

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

Grundy County, Missouri
Elected countywide officials
Assessor Nathanial Curtis Republican
Circuit Clerk Becky Stanturf Republican
County Clerk Courtney Campbell Republican
Commissioner
(Presiding)		 Phillip Ray Republican
Commissioner
(District 1)		 Don Sager Republican
Commissioner
(District 2)		 Brad Chumbley Republican
Coroner Dewayne Slater Republican
Prosecuting Attorney Kelly Puckett Republican
Public Administrator Adria Moore Republican
Sheriff Rodney Herring Republican
Treasurer Barbara Harris Republican

State

Past Gubernatorial Elections Results
Year Republican Democratic Third Parties
2020 79.91%3,53718.55% 8211.54% 68
2016 68.59%3,04628.57% 1,2692.84% 126
2012 53.86%2,35242.41% 1,8523.73% 163
2008 53.65%2,51243.61% 2,0422.73% 128
2004 58.87%2,83639.24% 1,8901.89% 91
2000 64.50%3,02932.37% 1,5203.14% 147
1996 32.82% 1,52864.83%3,0182.34% 109

All of Grundy County is a part of Missouri's 2nd District in the Missouri House of Representatives.

Missouri House of Representatives — District 2 — Grundy County (2022)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Mazzie Christensen10,606100.00%+17.62

All of Grundy County is a part of Missouri's 12th District in the Missouri Senate

Missouri Senate — District 12 — Grundy County (2022)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Rusty Black51,47080.8%
Democratic Michael J. Baumli12,25419.2%

Federal

All of Grundy 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. Graves was elected to an eleventh term in 2020 over Democratic challenger Gena Ross.

U.S. House of Representatives – Missouri’s 6th Congressional District – Grundy County (2020)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Sam Graves3,66283.28%+2.68
Democratic Gena L. Ross66115.03%−1.39
Libertarian Jim Higgins741.68%−1.30
U.S. House of Representatives – Missouri's 6th Congressional District – Grundy County (2018)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Sam Graves2,92180.60%+0.42
Democratic Henry Robert Martin59516.42%−0.54
Libertarian Dan Hogan1082.98%+1.03

Grundy County, along with the rest of the state of Missouri, is represented in the U.S. Senate by Josh Hawley (R-Columbia) and Roy Blunt (R-Strafford).

U.S. Senate – Class I – Grundy County (2018)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Josh Hawley2,64172.68%+28.65
Democratic Claire McCaskill87123.97%−22.82
Independent Craig O'Dear651.79%
Libertarian Japheth Campbell391.07%−8.12
Green Jo Crain180.50%+0.50

Blunt was elected to a second term in 2016 over then-Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander.

U.S. Senate — Class III — Grundy County (2016)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Roy Blunt2,89865.34%+21.32
Democratic Jason Kander1,32529.88%−16.91
Libertarian Jonathan Dine912.05%−7.14
Green Johnathan McFarland571.29%+1.29
Constitution Fred Ryman641.44%+1.44

Political culture

United States presidential election results for Grundy County, Missouri [13]
Year Republican Democratic Third party(ies)
No. %No. %No. %
2024 3,58281.34%78417.80%380.86%
2020 3,58580.80%79918.01%531.19%
2016 3,46278.18%78017.62%1864.20%
2012 3,03069.27%1,21227.71%1323.02%
2008 3,00663.42%1,58033.33%1543.25%
2004 3,17265.97%1,56132.47%751.56%
2000 2,97663.21%1,56333.20%1693.59%
1996 1,88340.08%2,07344.13%74215.79%
1992 1,74934.26%1,96838.55%1,38827.19%
1988 2,66856.38%2,05243.36%120.25%
1984 3,15662.91%1,86137.09%00.00%
1980 2,89056.60%2,06440.42%1522.98%
1976 2,64650.18%2,59749.25%300.57%
1972 3,96973.54%1,42826.46%00.00%
1968 3,21357.29%1,97635.24%4197.47%
1964 2,41141.76%3,36358.24%00.00%
1960 4,42264.68%2,41535.32%00.00%
1956 4,13960.06%2,75239.94%00.00%
1952 4,79063.40%2,74736.36%180.24%
1948 3,33151.15%3,17748.79%40.06%
1944 4,15858.02%2,99741.82%120.17%
1940 4,55854.24%3,81345.37%330.39%
1936 4,52151.59%4,18747.78%550.63%
1932 2,95342.07%4,00657.07%610.87%
1928 5,22668.73%2,33230.67%460.60%
1924 3,78250.65%2,36731.70%1,31817.65%
1920 5,12364.25%2,72134.13%1291.62%
1916 2,48156.72%1,78940.90%1042.38%
1912 1,05126.83%1,31033.44%1,55639.72%
1908 2,40762.71%1,35935.41%721.88%
1904 2,59667.15%1,19530.91%751.94%
1900 2,57661.61%1,53236.64%731.75%
1896 2,77862.05%1,67537.41%240.54%
1892 2,46860.71%1,37533.83%2225.46%
1888 2,34462.04%1,36336.08%711.88%

At the presidential level, Grundy County is reliably Republican. Like many of the rural counties throughout Missouri, Donald Trump carried the county easily in 2016 and 2020. Bill Clinton was the last Democratic presidential nominee to carry Grundy 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 Lyndon Johnson in 1964.

Like most rural areas throughout northern Missouri, voters in Grundy County generally adhere to socially and culturally conservative principles which tend to influence their Republican leanings. In 2004, Missourians voted on a constitutional amendment to define marriage as the union between a man and a woman—it overwhelmingly won in Grundy County with 77% of the vote. The initiative passed the state with 71% support from voters. In 2006, Missourians voted on a constitutional amendment to fund and legalize embryonic stem cell research in the state—it failed in Grundy County with 55% voting against the measure. The initiative narrowly passed the state with 51% of support from voters as Missouri became one of the first states in the nation to approve embryonic stem cell research. Despite Grundy County's longstanding tradition of supporting socially conservative platforms, voters in the county have a penchant for advancing populist causes like increasing the minimum wage. In 2006, Missourians voted on a proposition (Proposition B) to increase the minimum wage in the state to $6.50 an hour—it passed Grundy County with 61% of the vote. The proposition strongly passed every single county in Missouri with 79% voting in favor. (During the same election, voters in five other states also strongly approved increases in the minimum wage.) In 2018, Missourians voted on a proposition (Proposition A) concerning right to work, the outcome of which ultimately reversed the right to work legislation passed in the state the previous year. 63.53% of Grundy County voters cast their ballots to overturn the law.

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 Grundy County by a wide margin. Biden went on to defeat President Donald Trump in the general election.

Missouri Democratic Presidential Primary – Grundy County (2020)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Joe Biden30566.89
Democratic Bernie Sanders11625.44
Democratic Tulsi Gabbard61.32
Democratic Others/Uncommitted296.36

Incumbent President Donald Trump (R-Florida) faced a primary challenge from former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld, but won both Grundy County and statewide by large margins.

Missouri Republican Presidential Primary – Grundy County (2020)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Donald Trump88698.66
Republican Bill Weld50.56
Republican Others/Uncommitted70.78

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 received majority support in Grundy County.

Missouri Republican Presidential Primary – Grundy County (2016)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Donald Trump97850.10
Republican Ted Cruz67334.48
Republican John Kasich1638.35
Republican Marco Rubio794.05
Republican Others/Uncommitted593.02

On the Democratic side, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D-New York) won statewide by a slim margin, but Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) carried Grundy County.

Missouri Democratic Presidential Primary – Grundy County (2016)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Bernie Sanders26253.36
Democratic Hillary Clinton21944.60
Democratic Others/Uncommitted102.03

2012

The 2012 Missouri Republican Presidential Primary's results were nonbinding on the state's national convention delegates. Voters in Grundy County supported former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum (R-Pennsylvania), who finished first in the state at large, but eventually lost the nomination to former Governor Mitt Romney (R-Massachusetts). Delegates to the congressional district and state conventions were chosen at a county caucus, which selected delegations favoring U.S. Representative Ron Paul (R-Texas). Incumbent President Barack Obama easily won the Missouri Democratic Primary and renomination. He defeated Romney in the general election.

2008

In 2008, the Missouri Republican Presidential Primary was closely contested, with Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) prevailing and eventually winning the nomination.

Missouri Republican Presidential Primary – Grundy County (2008)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican John McCain37734.46
Republican Mike Huckabee36133.00
Republican Ron Paul21019.20
Republican Mitt Romney12211.15
Republican Others/Uncommitted242.19

Then-Senator Hillary Clinton (D-New York) received more votes than any candidate from either party in Grundy County during the 2008 presidential primary. Despite initial reports that Clinton had won Missouri, Barack Obama (D-Illinois), also a Senator at the time, narrowly defeated her statewide and later became that year's Democratic nominee, going on to win the presidency.

Missouri Democratic Presidential Primary – Grundy County (2008)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Hillary Clinton48557.95
Democratic Barack Obama32338.59
Democratic Others/Uncommitted293.47

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "2020 Population and Housing State Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  3. ↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp.  170.
  4. ↑ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp.  145.
  5. ↑ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
  6. ↑ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on April 26, 2015. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 27, 2010. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
  10. ↑ "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Grundy County, Missouri".
  11. ↑ Breeding, Marshall. "Grundy County Jewett Norris Library". Libraries.org. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
  12. ↑ Grundy County, Missouri (official site), Township
  13. ↑ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved March 25, 2018.

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