Grayson, Missouri
Grayson, Missouri | |
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| Coordinates: 39°32′04″N 94°33′42″W / 39.53444°N 94.56167°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | Clinton |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.42 sq mi (1.09 km2) |
| • Land | 0.42 sq mi (1.09 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 968 ft (295 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 61 |
• Estimate (2021) | 127[2] |
| • Density | 145.58/sq mi (56.15/km2) |
| FIPS code | 29-28882 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2806393[3] |
Grayson is a village[2] in Clinton County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
The community is on US Route 169 four miles north of Trimble and approximately six miles west-southwest of Plattsburg. The Smithville Reservoir on the Little Platte River is about 3.5 miles to the east.[4]
History
[edit]Grayson was platted in 1871, and named after the maiden name of the wife of the original owner of the town site.[5] A variant name was Graysonville.[6] A post office called Graysonville was established in 1871, the name was changed to Grayson in 1882, and the post office closed in 1954.[7] Its population in the early 20th century was about 60.[8] The community incorporated as a village in 1925.[2]
Demographics
[edit]| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 2020 | 61 | — | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[9] | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
- ^ a b c "2023-2024 Official Manual of the State of Missouri". www.sos.mo.gov. Retrieved March 6, 2025.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Grayson, Missouri
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 27 ISBN 0899332242
- ^ "Clinton County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Grayson, Missouri
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ Williams, Walter (1915). A History of Northwest Missouri Volume I. The Lewis Publishing Company. p. 439.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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