Conception | |
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![]() Immaculate Conception High School | |
Coordinates: 40°14′28″N94°40′50″W / 40.24111°N 94.68056°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Missouri |
County | Nodaway |
Township | Jefferson |
Area | |
• Total | 0.76 sq mi (1.97 km2) |
• Land | 0.75 sq mi (1.94 km2) |
• Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2) |
Elevation | 1,063 ft (324 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 111 |
• Density | 148.00/sq mi (57.17/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP code | 64433 [3] |
Area code | 660 |
FIPS code | 29-15886 |
GNIS feature ID | 2587060 [2] |
Conception is a census-designated place in southeastern Nodaway County, Missouri, United States. [4] The population was 111 at the 2020 Census. Conception is home to Conception Abbey, a Benedictine monastery and seminary. Conception has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names. [5]
Conception was built up chiefly by Irish Catholics. [6] The community was named for the Catholic dogma of Immaculate Conception. [7] A post office called Conception has been in operation since 1864 [8] and its abbey was founded in 1873 [9]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2020 | 111 | — | |
U.S. Decennial Census [10] |
As of the census [11] of 2020, there were 111 people in the census-desginated place. The population density was 148.1 inhabitants per square mile (57.2/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 96.4% White, 2.7% Asian, and 0.9% Two or more races. The gender makeup of the city was 68.5% male and 31.5% female, which is a significant outlier and is due to the male-only Catholic seminary.
There were 27 households, of which _% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.7% were married couples living together and 33.3% had a male householder with no wife present. The average household size was 4.11.
The median age in the city was 58.4 years. 12.6% of residents were under the age of 18; 4.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 17.1% were from 25 to 44; 27% were from 45 to 64; and 38.7% were 65 years of age or older.
Conception is approximately 11 mi (18 km) southeast of Maryville on US 136 and about 6 miles northeast of Guilford. It is part of the Tri-C Area being 1.5 mi (2.4 km) miles south of Conception Junction and 2 mi (3.2 km) southwest of Clyde. The Platte River passes 1.5 mi (2.4 km) to the west.
Climate data for Conception, Missouri (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 33.5 (0.8) | 38.9 (3.8) | 51.3 (10.7) | 62.6 (17.0) | 72.3 (22.4) | 82.0 (27.8) | 85.9 (29.9) | 84.7 (29.3) | 77.5 (25.3) | 65.2 (18.4) | 50.5 (10.3) | 38.1 (3.4) | 61.9 (16.6) |
Daily mean °F (°C) | 24.4 (−4.2) | 29.1 (−1.6) | 40.6 (4.8) | 51.6 (10.9) | 62.2 (16.8) | 72.0 (22.2) | 76.0 (24.4) | 74.3 (23.5) | 66.3 (19.1) | 54.0 (12.2) | 40.6 (4.8) | 29.4 (−1.4) | 51.7 (11.0) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 15.4 (−9.2) | 19.3 (−7.1) | 29.9 (−1.2) | 40.6 (4.8) | 52.2 (11.2) | 62.0 (16.7) | 66.1 (18.9) | 63.8 (17.7) | 55.1 (12.8) | 42.9 (6.1) | 30.7 (−0.7) | 20.7 (−6.3) | 41.6 (5.3) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 0.89 (23) | 1.41 (36) | 2.42 (61) | 3.97 (101) | 5.15 (131) | 5.09 (129) | 5.51 (140) | 4.05 (103) | 3.74 (95) | 2.87 (73) | 1.95 (50) | 1.49 (38) | 38.54 (980) |
Average snowfall inches (cm) | 5.8 (15) | 5.1 (13) | 2.1 (5.3) | 1.1 (2.8) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.1 (0.25) | 1.4 (3.6) | 3.8 (9.7) | 19.4 (49.65) |
Source: NOAA [12] |
Conception is in the Jefferson C-123 School District which has an elemntary school and a high school located between Conception and Conception Junction in the center of Jefferson Township. [13] Additionally, a private catholic seminary is located in Conception at the Conception Abbey. [14]
The Conception Wind Project is a small wind farm location around and south of Conception. [15]