Connelsville, Missouri Explained

Official Name:Connelsville, Missouri
Settlement Type:Census-Designated Place
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Missouri
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Adair
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:0.86
Area Land Km2:0.86
Area Water Km2:0.00
Area Total Sq Mi:0.33
Area Land Sq Mi:0.33
Area Water Sq Mi:0.00
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:53
Population Density Km2:61.76
Population Density Sq Mi:160.12
Elevation Ft:804
Coordinates:40.2775°N -92.7003°W
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:29-16138
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:2804677

Connelsville is an unincorporated community in Nineveh Township, Adair County, Missouri, United States. The community is on Missouri Route 149 about three miles north of Novinger and eight miles northwest of Kirksville. Shuteye Creek flows past the north side of the town and its confluence with the Chariton River is about one mile to the east.[2]

History

Connelsville was laid out in 1902 next to the older town of Nineveh, soon after the railroad was extended to that point.[3] The community's name is a transfer from Connellsville, Pennsylvania.[4] A post office was established at Connelsville in 1902, and remained in operation until 1937.[5]

Demographics

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. September 5, 2022.
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 23,
  3. Book: History of Adair County . The Denslow History Company . Violette, E. M. . 1911 . 418.
  4. Web site: Adair County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived) . The State Historical Society of Missouri . 30 August 2016 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070526/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_adair.html . 24 June 2016 .
  5. Web site: Post Offices . Jim Forte Postal History . 27 August 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160306175959/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=MO . 6 March 2016 .