St. Francisville, Missouri

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St. Francisville, Missouri
St. Francisville, Missouri
Coordinates: 40°26′59″N91°34′19″W / 40.44972°N 91.57194°W / 40.44972; -91.57194
Country United States
State Missouri
County Clark
Area
[1]
  Total
1.91 sq mi (4.95 km2)
  Land1.86 sq mi (4.81 km2)
  Water0.05 sq mi (0.14 km2)
Elevation
[2]
633 ft (193 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
137
  Density73.70/sq mi (28.46/km2)
ZIP code
63472 [3]
Area code 660
FIPS code 29-64244
GNIS feature ID2587112 [2]

St. Francisville or Saint Francisville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in northeast Clark County, Missouri, United States. [2] As of the 2020 census, its population was 137. [4]

Contents

The community is on Missouri Route B four miles north of Wayland. The Des Moines River and the Missouri-Iowa border are one-half mile north of the community. [5] It is the oldest settlement in Clark County, Missouri.

Etymology

St. Francisville was platted in 1833, by a man named Francis Church. [6]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
2020 137
U.S. Decennial Census [7]

Education

It is in the Clark County R-I School District. [8] The district's comprehensive high school is Clark County High School.

References

  1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: St. Francisville, Missouri
  3. "St. Francisville MO ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2023. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
  4. "2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved November 17, 2021.
  5. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, First edition, 1998, p. 17 ISBN   0899332242
  6. Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp.  276.
  7. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  8. Geography Division (January 12, 2021). 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Clark County, MO (PDF) (Map). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved June 1, 2025. - Text list