New Market, Missouri

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New Market, Missouri
Census-Designated Place
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New Market Christian Church in New Market, Missouri
New Market, Missouri
Coordinates: 39°30′07″N94°47′58″W / 39.50194°N 94.79944°W / 39.50194; -94.79944
Country United States
State Missouri
County Platte
Township Green
Area
[1]
 • Total
0.19 sq mi (0.50 km2)
 • Land0.19 sq mi (0.50 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
[2]
876 ft (267 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
88
 • Density460.0/sq mi (177.61/km2)
FIPS code 29-52130
GNIS feature ID2806420 [2]

New Market is a census designated place in northern Platte County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [3] It lies within the Kansas City metropolitan area. The population was 88 at the 2020 census.

Contents

The community is located on Missouri Route 371 about 1.5 miles south of the Platte-Buchanan county line. Dearborn is two miles to the northeast across U.S. Route 71 and Bee Creek flows past the west side of the community. [4]

History

New Market was originally named Jacksonville, named by Jacob Adamson, a Tennesseean and admirer of Andrew Jackson. [5] A post office called New Market was established in 1839 after Adamson learned that Jacksonville was taken, and it remained in operation until 1959. [6]

Demographics

New Market was incorporated until the 1940s. It became a CDP in the 2010s. A population estimate from the 1870s is about 200. [5]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1900 182—
1910 120−34.1%
1920 91−24.2%
1930 10717.6%
1940 75−29.9%
2020 88—
U.S. Decennial Census [7] [8]

Education

It is in the North Platte County R-I School District. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  2. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: New Market, Missouri
  3. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: New Market, Missouri
  4. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 26 ISBN   0-89933-224-2
  5. 1 2 "An illustrated historical atlas of Platte County, Missouri, 1877". Philadelphia, PA : Edwards Brothers of Missouri. Retrieved October 22, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Missouri Population 1900-1990" (PDF). Missouri Census Data Center. Retrieved September 5, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  9. ↑ Geography Division (January 12, 2021). 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Platte County, MO (PDF) (Map). U.S. Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 24, 2022. Retrieved June 7, 2025. - Text list


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