Camden County, Missouri

Camden County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 44,002.[1] Its county seat is Camdenton.[2] The county was organized on January 29, 1841 as Kinderhook County and renamed Camden County in 1843 after Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom and leader of the British Whig Party.[3][4]

Not to be confused with Camden, Missouri.
Camden County
U.S. county
Camden County Courthouse, Camdenton
Location within the U.S. state of Missouri
Missouri's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 38°02′N 92°46′W
Country United States
State Missouri
FoundedJanuary 29, 1841
Named forCharles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden
SeatCamdenton
Largest cityOsage Beach
Area
 • Total709 sq mi (1,840 km2)
 • Land656 sq mi (1,700 km2)
 • Water53 sq mi (140 km2)  7.4%
Population
 (2010)
 • Total44,002
 • Estimate 
(2018)
45,815
 • Density62/sq mi (24/km2)
Time zoneUTC−6 (Central)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional districts3rd, 4th
Websitewww.camdenmo.org

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 709 square miles (1,840 km2), of which 656 square miles (1,700 km2) is land and 53 square miles (140 km2) (7.4%) is water.[5]

Adjacent counties

Major highways

Fire Towers

Fire Towers Include:

  • Branch Fire Tower
  • Climax Springs Fire Tower
  • Hurricane Deck Fire Tower

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.%±
18502,338—
18604,975112.8%
18706,10822.8%
18807,26619.0%
189010,04038.2%
190013,11330.6%
191011,582−11.7%
192010,474−9.6%
19309,142−12.7%
19408,971−1.9%
19507,861−12.4%
19609,11616.0%
197013,31546.1%
198020,01750.3%
199027,49537.4%
200037,05134.8%
201044,00218.8%
2018 (est.)45,815[6]4.1%
U.S. Decennial Census[7]
1790-1960[8] 1900-1990[9]
1990-2000[10] 2010-2015[1]

As of the census[11] of 2000, there were 37,051 people, 15,779 households, and 11,297 families residing in the county. The population density was 57 people per square mile (22/km2). There were 33,470 housing units at an average density of 51 per square mile (20/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 97.68% White, 0.26% Black or African American, 0.49% Native American, 0.29% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.22% from other races, and 1.03% from two or more races. Approximately 0.93% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 15,779 households, out of which 23.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.80% were married couples living together, 6.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.40% were non-families. 23.30% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.68.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 20.30% under the age of 18, 6.10% from 18 to 24, 23.30% from 25 to 44, 31.40% from 45 to 64, and 19.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 100.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $35,840, and the median income for a family was $40,695. Males had a median income of $28,020 versus $20,825 for females. The per capita income for the county was $20,197. About 8.00% of families and 11.40% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.00% of those under age 18 and 7.70% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Public schools

Private schools

Public libraries

Politics

Local

The Republican Party completely controls politics at the local level in Camden County. Republicans hold all of the elected positions in the county.[13]

Camden County, Missouri
Elected countywide officials
Assessor Marty McGuire Republican
Circuit Clerk Jo McElwee Republican
County Clerk Rowland Todd Republican
Collector Vicky Burns Republican
Commissioner
(Presiding)		 Greg Hasty Republican
Commissioner
(District 1)		 James Gohagan Republican
Commissioner
(District 2)		 Don Williams Republican
Prosecuting Attorney Brian Keedy Republican
Public Administrator Nancy A. Douglas Republican
Recorder Donnie Snelling Republican
Sheriff Tony Helms Republican
Treasurer Elaine Gilley Republican

State
Past Gubernatorial Elections Results
Year Republican Democratic Third Parties
2016 67.09% 15,050 29.80% 6,686 3.11% 698
2012 54.91% 11,986 42.19% 9,210 2.90% 632
2008 48.79% 10,716 49.15% 10,795 2.06% 453
2004 61.18% 11,956 37.87% 7,401 0.95% 184
2000 56.24% 9,555 41.55% 7,059 2.21% 376
1996 50.25% 7,385 46.34% 6,810 3.42% 502

Camden County is divided into two legislative districts that elect members of the Missouri House of Representatives, both of which are represented by Republicans.

  • District 123 — Diane Franklin (R-Camdenton). Consists of the southern half of the county, including the communities of Camdenton, Linn Creek, Macks Creek, Montreal, Richland, Roach, and Stoutland.
Missouri House of Representatives — District 123 — Camden County (2016)[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Diane Franklin 9,753 100.00%
Missouri House of Representatives — District 123 — Camden County (2014)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Diane Franklin 4,173 100.00%
Missouri House of Representatives — District 123 — Camden County (2012)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Diane Franklin 9,014 100.00%
  • [15] District 124 — Rocky Miller (R-Lake Ozark). Consists of the northern half of the county, including the communities of Climax Springs, Lake Ozark, Osage Beach, Sunrise Beach, and Village of Four Seasons.
Missouri House of Representatives — District 124 — Camden County (2016)[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Rocky Miller 9,689 100.00%
Missouri House of Representatives — District 124 — Camden County (2014)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Rocky Miller 4,853 100.00%
Missouri House of Representatives — District 124 — Camden County (2012)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Rocky Miller 9,661 100.00%

All of Camden County is a part of Missouri's 16th District in the Missouri Senate and is currently represented by Dan Brown (R-Rolla).

Missouri Senate — District 16 — Camden County (2014)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Dan Brown 8,760 100.00%

Federal
U.S. Senate — Missouri — Camden County (2016)[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Roy Blunt 14,434 64.36% +14.57
Democratic Jason Kander 6,995 31.19% -11.78
Libertarian Jonathan Dine 580 2.59% -4.63
Green Johnathan McFarland 208 0.93% +0.93
Constitution Fred Ryman 210 0.94% +0.94
U.S. Senate — Missouri — Camden County (2012)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Todd Akin 10,883 49.79%
Democratic Claire McCaskill 9,391 42.97%
Libertarian Jonathan Dine 1,579 7.22%
Write-in Write-ins 4 0.02%

Most of Camden County is included in Missouri's 3rd Congressional District and is currently represented by Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-St. Elizabeth) in the U.S. House of Representatives.

U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri's 3rd Congressional District — Camden County (2016)[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Blaine Luetkemeyer 10,098 75.72% -1.62
Democratic Kevin Miller 2,794 20.95% +2.02
Libertarian Dan Hogan 353 2.65% -1.08
Constitution Doanita Simmons 91 0.68% +0.68
U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri's 3rd Congressional District — Camden County (2014)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Blaine Luetkemeyer 4,826 77.34% +6.90
Democratic Courtney Denton 1,181 18.93% -7.06
Libertarian Steven Hedrick 233 3.73% +0.16
U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri's 3rd Congressional District — Camden County (2012)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Blaine Luetkemeyer 8,889 70.44%
Democratic Eric C. Mayer 3,280 25.99%
Libertarian Steven Wilson 450 3.57%

Part of Camden 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 — Camden County (2016)[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Vicky Hartzler 6,642 76.68% +0.47
Democratic Gordon Christensen 1,705 19.68% -0.22
Libertarian Mark Bliss 315 3.64% -0.25
U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri's 4th Congressional District — Camden County (2014)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Vicky Hartzler 3,409 76.21% +5.42
Democratic Nate Irvin 890 19.90% -6.17
Libertarian Herschel L. Young 174 3.89% +1.66
U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri's 4th Congressional District — Camden County (2012)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Vicky Hartzler 6,179 70.79%
Democratic Teresa Hensley 2,276 26.07%
Libertarian Thomas Holbrook 195 2.23%
Constitution Greg Cowan 79 0.91%

Political culture

Camden County has long been a Republican stronghold. The last Democrat to carry the county was Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932–one of only five times since 1888 that a Democrat has managed even 40 percent of the county's vote.

Presidential elections results
Presidential elections results[16]
Year Republican Democratic Third parties
2020 76.0% 18,850 22.8% 5,652 1.3% 310
2016 74.7% 16,944 21.0% 4,768 4.3% 968
2012 68.6% 15,092 29.3% 6,458 2.1% 465
2008 63.4% 14,074 35.0% 7,773 1.6% 350
2004 67.2% 13,122 32.3% 6,296 0.5% 101
2000 60.6% 10,358 37.0% 6,323 2.5% 418
1996 48.9% 7,190 37.9% 5,566 13.2% 1,938
1992 38.0% 5,554 35.1% 5,140 26.9% 3,933
1988 66.1% 7,773 33.4% 3,930 0.5% 56
1984 72.3% 8,057 27.7% 3,088
1980 63.8% 6,541 33.3% 3,416 2.8% 289
1976 52.5% 4,469 46.7% 3,975 0.8% 66
1972 73.9% 4,996 26.1% 1,761
1968 61.0% 3,500 28.0% 1,605 11.0% 633
1964 50.8% 2,607 49.2% 2,522
1960 66.6% 3,509 33.4% 1,759
1956 65.9% 2,817 34.1% 1,460
1952 69.3% 2,789 30.5% 1,226 0.3% 10
1948 61.4% 2,020 38.4% 1,264 0.2% 7
1944 68.7% 2,180 31.2% 990 0.2% 5
1940 63.4% 2,692 36.5% 1,549 0.1% 5
1936 54.4% 2,281 45.5% 1,908 0.1% 6
1932 45.2% 1,497 54.4% 1,801 0.5% 15
1928 77.4% 2,085 22.5% 606 0.2% 4
1924 57.1% 1,732 39.5% 1,196 3.4% 103
1920 68.0% 2,276 30.9% 1,034 1.2% 39
1916 56.2% 1,261 41.4% 930 2.4% 54
1912 49.1% 918 35.7% 667 15.2% 284
1908 58.9% 1,446 38.9% 955 2.2% 54
1904 60.2% 1,466 36.3% 883 3.5% 85
1900 58.1% 1,511 41.5% 1,078 0.4% 10
1896 50.4% 1,326 48.9% 1,287 0.7% 18
1892 54.0% 1,070 30.4% 602 15.6% 310
1888 54.0% 1,056 34.5% 675 11.5% 225

Missouri presidential preference primary (2008)
  • Former U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-New York) received more votes, a total of 2,794, than any candidate from either party in Camden County during the 2008 presidential primary.
Camden County, Missouri
2008 Republican primary in Missouri
John McCain2,196 (33.92%)
Mike Huckabee2,133 (32.94%)
Mitt Romney1,843 (28.46%)
Ron Paul194 (3.00%)
Camden County, Missouri
2008 Democratic primary in Missouri
Hillary Clinton2,794 (57.99%)
Barack Obama1,867 (38.75%)
John Edwards (withdrawn)129 (2.68%)
Uncommitted{{{uncommitted}}}

Communities

Cities

Villages

Census-designated places

Other unincorporated places

See also

References
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  2. "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  3. Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 268.
  4. "Disappearing Missouri Names". The Kansas City Star. March 19, 1911. p. 15. Retrieved August 15, 2014 – via Newspapers.com.
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  6. "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved November 29, 2019.
  7. "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
  8. "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
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  11. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
  12. Breeding, Marshall. "Camden County Library District". Libraries.org. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
  13. "Statement of Votes Cast" (PDF). 2016-11-08. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
  14. "County Results - State of Missouri - 2016 General Election - November 8, 2016 - Official Results". Missouri Secretary of State. December 12, 2016. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  15. "Commissioner | Camden County Missouri". Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  16. Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved 2018-03-24.

Further reading
  • History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, Pulaski, Phelps, and Dent counties, Missouri (1889) full text

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