Randolph County, Missouri

Randolph County, Missouri

Historic Randolph County Courthouse in Huntsville
Location in the U.S. state of Missouri
Missouri's location in the U.S.
Founded	January 22, 1829
Named for	John Randolph of Roanoke
Seat	Huntsville
Largest city	Moberly
Area
• Total	488 sq mi (1,264 km²)
• Land	483 sq mi (1,251 km²)
• Water	5.1 sq mi (13 km²), 1.1%
Population (est.)
• (2015)	25,104
• Density	53/sq mi (20/km²)
Congressional district	4th
Time zone	Central: UTC-6/-5
Website	www.randolphcounty-mo.com

Randolph County is a county located in the northern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 25,414.^[1] Its county seat is Huntsville.^[2] The county was organized January 22, 1829 and named for U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator John Randolph of Roanoke of Virginia.^[3]

Randolph County comprises the Moberly, MO Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Columbia-Moberly-Mexico, MO Combined Statistical Area.

History

Randolph County was primarily settled by migrants from the Upper Southern states, especially Kentucky and Tennessee. They brought slaves and slaveholding traditions with them, and quickly started cultivating crops similar to those in Middle Tennessee and Kentucky: hemp and tobacco. Randolph was one of several counties settled mostly by Southerners to the north and south of the Missouri River. Given their culture and traditions, this area became known as Little Dixie, and Randolph County was at its heart.^[4]

Randolph County was home to Omar Bradley, the last of nine 5-star generals of the American military.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 488 square miles (1,260 km²), of which 483 square miles (1,250 km²) is land and 5.1 square miles (13 km²) (1.1%) is water.^[5]

Adjacent counties

Macon County (north)
Monroe County (east)
Shelby County (northeast)
Audrain County (southeast)
Boone County (southeast)
Howard County (south)
Chariton County (west)

Major highways

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1830	2,942		—
1840	7,198		144.7%
1850	9,439		31.1%
1860	11,407		20.8%
1870	15,908		39.5%
1880	22,751		43.0%
1890	24,893		9.4%
1900	24,442		−1.8%
1910	26,182		7.1%
1920	27,633		5.5%
1930	26,431		−4.3%
1940	24,458		−7.5%
1950	22,918		−6.3%
1960	22,014		−3.9%
1970	22,434		1.9%
1980	25,460		13.5%
1990	24,370		−4.3%
2000	24,663		1.2%
2010	25,414		3.0%
Est. 2016	24,989	^[6]	−1.7%
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 24,663 people, 9,199 households, and 6,236 families residing in the county. The population density was 51 people per square mile (20/km²). There were 10,740 housing units at an average density of 22 per square mile (9/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 90.58% White, 7.03% Black or African American, 0.48% Native American, 0.39% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.24% from other races, and 1.26% from two or more races. Approximately 1.14% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 24.1% were of German, 21.4% American, 10.9% English and 9.1% Irish ancestry.

There were 9,199 households out of which 31.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.70% were married couples living together, 11.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.20% were non-families. 27.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.94.

In the county, the population was spread out with 23.80% under the age of 18, 9.60% from 18 to 24, 29.30% from 25 to 44, 22.40% from 45 to 64, and 14.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 107.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 108.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $31,464, and the median income for a family was $39,268. Males had a median income of $26,878 versus $20,366 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,010. About 9.20% of families and 12.50% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.10% of those under age 18 and 13.20% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Public schools

Higbee R-VIII School District – Higbee
- Higbee Elementary School (K-06)
- Higbee High School (07-12)
Moberly School District – Moberly
- North Park Elementary School (K-02)
- South Park Elementary School (PK-02)
- Gratz Brown Elementary School (03-05)
- Moberly Middle School (06-08)
- Moberly High School (09-12)
Northeast Randolph County R-IV School District – Cairo
- Northeast Randolph County Elementary School (PK-05)
- Northeast Randolph County High School (06-12)
Renick R-V School District – Renick
- Renick Elementary School (PK-08)
Westran R-I School District – Huntsville
- Westran Elementary School (PK-05)
- Westran Middle School (06-08)
- Westran High School (09-12)

Private schools

St. Pius X Elementary School – Moberly (PK-08) – Roman Catholic
Maranatha Seventh-day Adventist School – Moberly (K-09) – Seventh-day Adventist

Post-secondary

Central Christian College of the Bible – Moberly – A private, four-year Christian Churches and Churches of Christ university.
Moberly Area Community College – Moberly – A public, two-year community college.

Public libraries

Little Dixie Regional Libraries^[12]

Politics

Local

The Democratic Party mostly controls politics at the local level in Randolph County. Democrats hold all but five of the elected positions in the county.

Randolph County, Missouri
Elected countywide officials
Assessor	Richard Tregnago	Democratic
Circuit Clerk	Peggy Boots	Democratic
County Clerk	Will Ellis	Republican
Collector	Shiela Miller	Democratic
Commissioner (Presiding)	Susan Carter	Democratic
Commissioner (District 1)	Robert Wayne Wilcox	Republican
Commissioner (District 2)	Jerry D. Crutchfield	Democratic
Coroner	Gerald A. Luntsford	Republican
Prosecuting Attorney	Michael Fusselman	Republican
Public Administrator	Martha Creed	Democratic
Recorder	Mark Price	Democratic
Sheriff	Mark Nichols	Democratic
Surveyor	Edward Carpenter	Democratic
Treasurer	Penny Henry	Republican

State

**Past Gubernatorial Elections Results**
Year	Republican	Democratic	Third Parties
2016	62.77% 6,505	34.36% 3,561	2.87% 298
2012	51.09% 5,055	45.39% 4,491	3.53% 349
2008	53.49% 5,652	44.48% 4,700	2.02% 214
2004	57.60% 5,841	41.09% 4,167	1.30% 132
2000	44.50% 4,066	53.60% 4,897	1.90% 174
1996	31.73% 2,852	65.59% 5,895	2.67% 240

Most of Randolph County is a part of Missouri’s 6th District in the Missouri House of Representatives. The southern portions of the county are in the 44th, 47th, and 48th Districts.

District 6 — Tim Remole (R-Excello).

Missouri House of Representatives — District 6 — Randolph County (2016)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Tim Remole	7,057	100.00%	+28.76

Missouri House of Representatives — District 6 — Randolph County (2014)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Tim Remole	3,584	71.24%	+3.87
	Democratic	Robert Harrington	1,447	28.76%	-3.87

Missouri House of Representatives — District 6 — Randolph County (2012)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Tim Remole	4,998	67.37%
	Democratic	Diane J. Scott	2,421	32.63%

District 44 — Cheri Toalson-Reisch (R-Hallsville).

Missouri House of Representatives — District 44 — Randolph County (2016)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Cheri Toalson-Reisch	234	71.43%	-4.10
	Democratic	Tom Pauley	94	28.57%	+4.10

Missouri House of Representatives — District 44 — Randolph County (2014)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Caleb Rowden	142	75.53%	+12.83
	Democratic	Tom Pauley	46	24.47%	-12.83

Missouri House of Representatives — District 44 — Randolph County (2012)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Caleb Rowden	195	62.70%
	Democratic	Ken Jacob	119	37.30%

District 47 — Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport).

Missouri House of Representatives — District 47 — Randolph County (2016)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Chuck Basye	1,189	73.81%	+16.36
	Democratic	Susan McClintic	422	26.19%	-16.36

Missouri House of Representatives — District 47 — Randolph County (2014)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Chuck Basye	636	57.45%	-0.01
	Democratic	John Wright	471	42.55%	+0.01

Missouri House of Representatives — District 47 — Randolph County (2012)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Mitch Richards	874	57.46%
	Democratic	John Wright	647	42.54%

District 48 — Dave Muntzel (R-Boonville).

Missouri House of Representatives — District 48 — Randolph County (2016)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Dave Muntzel	360	80.54%	-19.46
	Independent	Debra Dilks	87	19.46%	+19.46

Missour House of Representatives — District 48 — Randolph County (2014)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Dave Muntzel	303	100.00%	+35.81

Missouri House of Representatives — District 48 — Randolph County (2012)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Dave Muntzel	319	64.19%
	Democratic	Ron Monnig	178	35.81%

All of Randolph County is a part of Missouri’s 18th District in the Missouri Senate, represented by Brian Munzlinger (R-Williamstown

Missouri Senate — District 18 — Randolph County (2014)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Brian Munzlinger	5,479	100.00%

Federal

U.S. Senate — Missouri — Randolph County (2016)
	Candidate	Votes	%	±
Republican	Roy Blunt	6,135	59.23%	+11.07
Democratic	Jason Kander	3,656	35.30%	-8.16
Libertarian	Jonathan Dine	309	2.98%	-5.40
Green	Johnathan McFarland	126	1.22%	+1.22
Constitution	Fred Ryman	132	1.27%	+1.27

U.S. Senate — Missouri — Randolph County (2012)
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Todd Akin	4,750	48.16%
Democratic	Claire McCaskill	4,286	43.46%
Libertarian	Jonathan Dine	827	8.38%

All of Randolph County is included in Missouri’s 4th Congressional District and is currently represented by Vicky Hartzler (R-Harrisonville, Missouri) in the U.S. House of Representatives.^[13]^[14]

U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri's 4th Congressional District — Randolph County (2016)
	Candidate	Votes	%	±
Republican	Vicky Hartzler	7,193	70.84%	-0.01
Democratic	Gordon Christensen	2,440	24.03%	+1.00
Libertarian	Mark Bliss	521	5.13%	-0.99

U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri's 4th Congressional District — Randolph County (2014)
	Candidate	Votes	%	±
Republican	Vicky Hartzler	4,636	70.85%	+9.13
Democratic	Nate Irvin	1,507	23.03%	-9.94
Libertarian	Hershel L. Young	400	6.12%	+2.07

U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri's 4th Congressional District — Randolph County (2012)
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Vicky Hartzler	5,930	61.72%
Democratic	Teresa Hensley	3,168	32.97%
Libertarian	Thomas Holbrook	389	4.05%
Constitution	Greg Cowan	121	1.26%

**Presidential Elections Results**^[15]
Year	Republican	Democratic	Third Parties
2016	72.3% 7,529	21.9% 2,283	5.7% 596
2012	66.8% 6,667	30.4% 3,031	2.8% 277
2008	60.6% 6,457	37.4% 3,984	2.0% 215
2004	64.2% 6,551	35.2% 3,586	0.6% 61
2000	52.7% 4,844	44.8% 4,116	2.5% 226
1996	36.4% 3,274	50.1% 4,502	13.5% 1,209
1992	29.6% 3,025	48.5% 4,951	21.9% 2,234
1988	45.2% 4,384	54.6% 5,291	0.2% 20
1984	56.2% 5,735	43.8% 4,471
1980	50.0% 5,141	47.5% 4,884	2.4% 251
1976	37.9% 3,594	61.6% 5,839	0.5% 48
1972	57.7% 5,195	42.3% 3,814
1968	38.6% 3,582	51.8% 4,810	9.6% 893
1964	26.2% 2,485	73.8% 6,988
1960	39.4% 4,180	60.6% 6,434
1956	35.3% 3,709	64.7% 6,797
1952	34.5% 3,968	65.3% 7,501	0.2% 27
1948	22.2% 2,256	77.7% 7,912	0.1% 10
1944	27.4% 2,879	72.5% 7,629	0.2% 17
1940	26.6% 3,319	73.3% 9,155	0.2% 23
1936	21.8% 2,723	77.9% 9,733	0.3% 35
1932	21.6% 2,575	77.9% 9,294	0.6% 66
1928	44.5% 4,825	55.4% 6,008	0.1% 9
1924	25.9% 2,991	63.7% 7,372	10.4% 1,206
1920	31.5% 3,768	67.8% 8,115	0.7% 85
1916	29.0% 2,111	69.8% 5,081	1.1% 83
1912	18.3% 1,126	68.2% 4,186	13.5% 828
1908	31.1% 1,953	67.6% 4,245	1.3% 82
1904	37.6% 2,139	58.9% 3,351	3.5% 201
1900	31.9% 1,932	66.1% 4,006	2.1% 125
1896	34.3% 2,162	65.0% 4,097	0.7% 43
1892	30.5% 1,709	65.9% 3,695	3.6% 203
1888	34.2% 1,890	63.0% 3,481	2.8% 156

Communities

References

1 2 "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
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↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1917). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 344.
↑ The Story of Little Dixie, Missouri, Missouri Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, accessed 3 June 2008
↑ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
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↑ "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.
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↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
↑ Breeding, Marshall. "Little Dixie Regional Libraries". Libraries.org. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
↑ http://s1.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/Elections/2012_CongressionalMap.pdf
↑ http://hartzler.house.gov/
↑ http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS

External links

Digitized 1930 Plat Book of Randolph County from University of Missouri Division of Special Collections, Archives, and Rare Books

Municipalities and communities of Randolph County, Missouri, United States
County seat: Huntsville
Cities	Clark Clifton Hill Higbee Huntsville Moberly
Villages	Cairo Jacksonville Renick
Townships	Cairo Chariton Clifton Jackson Moniteau North Sugar Creek Prairie Salt River Salt Springs Silver Creek South Sugar Creek Union
Unincorporated communities	Darksville Fort Henry Harkes Hubbard Kimberly Levick Mill Milton Mount Airy Randolph Springs Roanoke‡ Ryder Thomas Hill Yates
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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Coordinates: 39°26′N 92°30′W / 39.43°N 92.50°W / 39.43; -92.50

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