Excello, Missouri Explained

Official Name:Excello, Missouri
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:Missouri#USA
Pushpin Label:Excello
Pushpin Label Position:top
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Missouri
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Macon County
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:0.89
Area Land Km2:0.88
Area Water Km2:0.00
Area Total Sq Mi:0.34
Area Land Sq Mi:0.34
Area Water Sq Mi:0.00
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:61
Population Density Km2:69.11
Population Density Sq Mi:178.89
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:PDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:866
Coordinates:39.6336°N -92.4742°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:65247
Area Code:660
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:29-23050
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:2587067

Excello is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in southern Macon County, Missouri, United States.[3] As of the 2020 United States census, it had a population of 61.[2]

History

An early variant name was "Emerson".[4] A post office called Excello has been in operation since 1869.[5]

Geography

Excello is located 8miles south of Macon and north of Moberly, one-half mile west of U.S. Route 63 on State Road T.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Excello CDP has an area of, of which 0.001sqmi, or 0.29%, are water.[1] The community sits on high ground which drains west toward the East Fork of the Little Chariton River, a tributary of the Missouri River, and east toward Hoover Creek, part of the Salt River watershed flowing directly to the Mississippi.

Demographics

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Missouri . United States Census Bureau . March 18, 2024.
  2. Web site: P1. Race – Excello CDP, Missouri: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171). U.S. Census Bureau. March 18, 2024.
  3. Web site: Explore Census Data. 2022-02-01. data.census.gov.
  4. Web site: Macon County Place Names, 1928–1945 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070636/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_macon.html . June 24, 2016 . live . The State Historical Society of Missouri. October 30, 2016.
  5. Web site: Post Offices . Jim Forte Postal History . 30 October 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161030202341/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Macon . 30 October 2016 .