Pettis County, Missouri

Pettis County, Missouri

Pettis County Courthouse in Sedalia
Location in the U.S. state of Missouri
Missouri's location in the U.S.
Founded	January 24, 1833
Named for	Spencer Darwin Pettis
Seat	Sedalia
Largest city	Sedalia
Area
• Total	686 sq mi (1,777 km²)
• Land	682 sq mi (1,766 km²)
• Water	4.0 sq mi (10 km²), 0.6%
Population (est.)
• (2015)	42,255
• Density	62/sq mi (24/km²)
Congressional district	4th
Time zone	Central: UTC-6/-5
Website	www.pettiscomo.com

Pettis County is a county located in the western county portion of the county U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 42,201.^[1] Its county seat is Sedalia.^[2] The county was organized January 24, 1833, and named after former U.S. Representative Spencer Darwin Pettis.

Pettis County comprises the Sedalia, MO Micropolitan Statistical Area.

The county is home to the site of the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 686 square miles (1,780 km²), of which 682 square miles (1,770 km²) is land and 4.0 square miles (10 km²) (0.6%) is water.^[3]

Adjacent counties

Saline County (north)
Cooper County (east)
Morgan County (southeast)
Benton County (south)
Henry County (southwest)
Johnson County (west)
Lafayette County (northwest)

Major highways

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1840	2,930		—
1850	5,150		75.8%
1860	9,392		82.4%
1870	18,706		99.2%
1880	27,271		45.8%
1890	31,151		14.2%
1900	32,438		4.1%
1910	33,913		4.5%
1920	35,813		5.6%
1930	34,664		−3.2%
1940	33,336		−3.8%
1950	31,577		−5.3%
1960	35,120		11.2%
1970	34,137		−2.8%
1980	36,378		6.6%
1990	35,437		−2.6%
2000	39,403		11.2%
2010	42,201		7.1%
Est. 2016	42,213	^[4]	0.0%
U.S. Decennial Census^[5] 1790-1960^[6] 1900-1990^[7] 1990-2000^[8] 2010-2015^[1]

As of the census^[9] of 2000, there were 39,403 people, 15,568 households, and 10,570 families residing in the county. The population density was 58 people per square mile (22/km²). There were 16,963 housing units at an average density of 25 per square mile (10/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 92.06% White, 3.04% Black or African American, 0.38% Native American, 0.39% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 2.46% from other races, and 1.62% from two or more races. Approximately 3.88% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 15,568 households out of which 32.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.30% were married couples living together, 10.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.10% were non-families. 27.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.70% 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 3.01.

In the county, the population was spread out with 26.30% under the age of 18, 9.30% from 18 to 24, 27.90% from 25 to 44, 21.10% from 45 to 64, and 15.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 94.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $31,822, and the median income for a family was $38,073. Males had a median income of $29,221 versus $19,554 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,251. About 10.20% of families and 12.80% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.60% of those under age 18 and 10.50% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Public schools

Green Ridge R-VIII School District – Green Ridge
- Green Ridge Elementary School (K-06)
- Green Ridge High School (07-12)
La Monte R-IV School District – La Monte
- La Monte Elementary School (PK-06)
- La Monte High School (07-12)
Pettis County R-V School District – Hughesville
- Northwest Elementary School (K-06)
- Northwest High School (07-12)
Pettis County R-XII School District – Sedalia
- Pettis County Elementary School (PK-08)
Sedalia School District No. 200 – Sedalia
- Sedalia Early Childhood Education Center (PK)
- Heber Hunt Elementary School (K-04)
- Skyline Elementary School (K-04)
- Parkview Elementary School (K-04)
- Horace Mann Elementary School (K-04)
- Washington Elementary School (K-04)
- Sedalia Middle School (05-06)
- Smith-Cotton Junior High School (07-09)
- Smith-Cotton High School (10-12)
Smithton R-VI School District – Smithton
- Smithton Elementary School (PK-06)
- Smithton High School (07-12)

Private schools

St. Paul’s Lutheran School – Sedalia (PK-08) – Lutheran
Sedalia Seventh-day Adventist School – Sedalia (01-08) – Seventh-day Adventist
Show-Me Christian School – La Monte (K-12) – Nondenominational Christian
Applewood Christian School – Sedalia (K-12) – Nondenominational Christian
Sacred Heart Schools – Sedalia (K-12) – Roman Catholic
- Sacred Heart Elementary School (K-06)
- Sacred Heart High School (07-12)

Post-secondary

State Fair Community College – Sedalia – A public, two-year/community college.

Public libraries

Boonslick Regional Library^[10]
Sedalia Public Library^[11]

Politics

Local

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

Pettis County, Missouri
Elected countywide officials
Assessor	Karissa A. Logan	Republican
Circuit Clerk	Susan Sadler	Republican
County Clerk	Nick Lastrada	Republican
Collector	Marsha L. Boeschen	Republican
Commissioner (Presiding)	John C. Meehan	Republican
Commissioner (District 1)	K.R. Lindemann	Republican
Commissioner (District 2)	Larry Wilson	Republican
Coroner	Robert “Skip” Smith, Jr.	Republican
Prosecuting Attorney	Jeff Mittelhauser	Republican
Public Administrator	Charli Ackerman	Democratic
Recorder	Barbara Clevenger	Republican
Sheriff	Kevin Bond	Republican
Surveyor	Kerry Turpin	Democratic
Treasurer	Kim Lyne	Republican

State

**Past Gubernatorial Elections Results**
Year	Republican	Democratic	Third Parties
2016	61.95% 11,150	34.90% 6,281	3.14% 566
2012	47.32% 8,073	49.77% 8,490	2.91% 498
2008	42.55% 7,660	54.63% 9,834	2.82% 507
2004	57.30% 10,038	41.63% 7,293	1.06% 186
2000	54.65% 8,536	42.85% 6,692	2.50% 390
1996	44.63% 6,804	51.51% 7,853	3.86% 589

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

District 48 — Dave Muntzel (R-Boonville). Consists of the community of Smithton and the northeast section of the county.

Missouri House of Representatives — District 48 — Pettis County (2016)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Dave Muntzel	1,327	84.74%	-15.26
	Independent	Debra Dilks	239	15.26%	+15.26

Missouri House of Representatives — District 48 — Pettis County (2014)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Dave Muntzel	751	100.00%	+23.18

Missouri House of Representatives — District 48 — Pettis County (2012)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Dave Muntzel	1,160	76.82%
	Democratic	Ron Monnig	350	23.18%

District 51 — Dean Dohrman (R-La Monte). Consists of the communities of Houstonia, Hughesville, and La Monte and the northwest portion of the county.

Missouri House of Representatives — District 51 — Pettis County (2016)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Dean Dohrman	1,345	81.86%	+3.76
	Democratic	John Cozort	298	18.14%	+0.94

Missouri House of Representatives — District 51 — Pettis County (2014)
	Candidate	Votes	%	±
Republican	Dean Dorhman	781	78.10%	+3.91
Democratic	Gary L. Grigsby	172	17.20%	-5.31
Libertarian	Bill Wayne	47	4.70%

Missouri House of Representatives — District 51 — Pettis County (2012)
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Dean Dohrman	1,190	74.19%
Democratic	Gary L. Grigsby	361	22.51%
Libertarian	Bill Wayne	53	3.30%

District 52 — Nathan Beard (R-Sedalia). Consists of the community of Sedalia.

Missouri House of Representatives — District 52 — Pettis County (2016)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Nathan Beard	8,449	70.58%	-29.42
	Democratic	Kyle Garner	3,521	29.42%	+29.42

Missouri House of Representatives — District 52 — Pettis County (2014)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Nathan Beard	5,200	100.00%	+38.24

Missouri House of Representatives — District 52 — Pettis County (2012)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Stanley Cox	7,012	61.76%
	Democratic	Phyllis Sue Domann	4,342	38.24%

District 54 — Dan Houx (R-Warrensburg). Consists of the community of Green Ridge and the southern portion of the county.

Missouri House of Representatives — District 54 — Pettis County (2016)
	Candidate	Votes	%	±
Republican	Dan Houx	1,784	71.62%	-15.22
Democratic	Bob Gregory	549	22.04%	+22.04
Libertarian	Steve Daugherty	158	6.34%	+6.34

Missouri House of Representatives — District 54 — Pettis County (2014)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Denny Hoskins	1,142	86.84%	+17.33
	Constitution	Daniel Plemmons	173	13.16%	+13.16

Missouri House of Representatives — District 54 — Pettis County (2012)
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Denny Hoskins	1,589	69.51%
Democratic	Nancy Maxwell	626	27.38%
Independent	Eddie Osobrne	71	3.11%

All of Pettis County is a part of Missouri’s 28th District in the Missouri Senate and was previously represented by Mike Parson but the seat is currently vacant.

Missouri Senate — District 28 — Pettis County (2014)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Mike Parson	7,943	100.00%

Federal

U.S. Senate — Missouri — Pettis County (2016)
	Candidate	Votes	%	±
Republican	Roy Blunt	10,361	57.59%	+15.12
Democratic	Jason Kander	6,657	37.00%	-11.67
Libertarian	Jonathan Dine	538	2.99%	-5.86
Green	Johnathan McFarland	251	1.40%	+1.40
Constitution	Fred Ryman	184	1.02%	+1.02

U.S. Senate — Missouri — Pettis County (2012)
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Todd Akin	7,196	42.47%
Democratic	Claire McCaskill	8,246	48.67%
Libertarian	Jonathan Dine	1,500	8.85%

All of Pettis 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 — Pettis County (2016)
	Candidate	Votes	%	±
Republican	Republican Party (United States)	12,636	71.05%	-0.94
Democratic	Gordon Christensen	4,211	23.68%	+1.26
Libertarian	Mark Bliss	938	5.27%	-0.32

U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri's 4th Congressional District — Pettis County (2014)
	Candidate	Votes	%	±
Republican	Vicky Hartzler	6,718	71.99%	+7.71
Democratic	Nate Irvin	2,092	22.42%	-9.12
Libertarian	Herschel L. Young	522	5.59%	+2.39

U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri’s 4th Congressional District — Pettis County (2012)
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Vicky Hartzler	10,781	64.28%
Democratic	Teresa Hensley	5,290	31.54%
Libertarian	Thomas Holbrook	537	3.20%
Constitution	Greg Cowan	164	0.98%

Political culture

**Presidential Elections Results**^[12]
Year	Republican	Democratic	Third Parties
2016	70.4% 12,810	23.8% 4,324	5.9% 1,070
2012	63.1% 10,842	34.4% 5,904	2.5% 429
2008	60.3% 11,018	38.0% 6,932	1.7% 315
2004	66.3% 11,603	33.2% 5,801	0.5% 92
2000	60.5% 9,533	37.2% 5,855	2.3% 367
1996	48.1% 7,336	39.7% 6,057	12.3% 1,872
1992	41.4% 6,823	32.3% 5,314	26.3% 4,333
1988	63.5% 9,648	36.1% 5,486	0.4% 66
1984	67.0% 10,991	33.0% 5,413
1980	55.8% 8,833	40.9% 6,475	3.4% 533
1976	48.0% 7,344	51.6% 7,887	0.4% 65
1972	66.7% 10,065	33.3% 5,016
1968	46.1% 6,738	43.3% 6,334	10.6% 1,549
1964	37.6% 5,409	62.4% 8,987
1960	56.4% 9,066	43.6% 6,997
1956	55.3% 8,766	44.7% 7,086
1952	55.7% 9,261	44.3% 7,363	0.1% 12
1948	44.2% 6,657	55.7% 8,388	0.2% 24
1944	51.7% 7,696	48.2% 7,176	0.2% 22
1940	50.9% 8,905	49.0% 8,570	0.1% 17
1936	44.2% 7,435	55.1% 9,265	0.7% 121
1932	38.5% 5,982	61.0% 9,474	0.6% 89
1928	64.9% 10,346	34.9% 5,554	0.2% 39
1924	55.7% 2,656	38.3% 1,826	6.1% 289
1920	56.0% 8,595	42.7% 6,561	1.3% 199
1916	46.4% 4,319	50.1% 4,665	3.5% 321
1912	30.3% 2,423	47.1% 3,771	22.6% 1,809
1908	49.4% 3,983	47.0% 3,791	3.6% 290
1904	51.4% 3,820	45.0% 3,346	3.6% 269
1900	48.9% 3,824	48.8% 3,820	2.3% 180
1896	48.7% 4,119	50.4% 4,267	1.0% 81
1892	48.0% 3,610	49.0% 3,680	3.0% 228
1888	48.9% 3,393	48.6% 3,369	2.5% 176

Missouri Presidential Preference Primary (2008)

Former U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-New York) received more votes, a total of 2,242, than any candidate from either party in Pettis County during the 2008 presidential primary.

Pettis County, Missouri
2008 Republican primary in Missouri
John McCain	1,372 (36.42%)
Mike Huckabee	994 (26.39%)
Mitt Romney	1,226 (32.55%)
Ron Paul	110 (2.92%)

Pettis County, Missouri
2008 Democratic primary in Missouri
Hillary Clinton	2,242 (54.76%)
Barack Obama	1,694 (41.38%)
John Edwards (withdrawn)	123 (3.00%)

Communities

References

1 2 "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
↑ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
↑ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved June 9, 2017.
↑ "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". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
↑ Breeding, Marshall. "Boonslick Regional Library". Libraries.org. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
↑ Breeding, Marshall. "Sedalia Public Library". Libraries.org. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
↑ http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS

External links

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

Municipalities and communities of Pettis County, Missouri, United States
County seat: Sedalia
Cities	Green Ridge Houstonia La Monte Sedalia Smithton Windsor‡
Villages	Hughesville Ionia‡
Townships	Blackwater Bowling Green Cedar Dresden Elk Fork Flat Creek Green Ridge Heath Creek Houstonia Hughesville La Monte Lake Creek Longwood Prairie Sedalia Smithton Washington
Unincorporated communities	Bahner Beaman Bryson Dresden Dunksburg‡ Georgetown Longwood Manila Newland Postal Spring Fork Stokley Tedieville
Ghost towns	Arator Lutman
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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Coordinates: 38°44′N 93°17′W / 38.73°N 93.28°W / 38.73; -93.28

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