Official Name: | Goss, Missouri |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Missouri#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Goss |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Missouri |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Monroe |
Established Title: | Incorporated |
Established Date: | March 26, 2001[1] |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Km2: | 0.15 |
Area Land Km2: | 0.15 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.06 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.06 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [3] |
Population Total: | 0 |
Population Density Km2: | 0.00 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 751 |
Coordinates: | 39.5147°N -91.9453°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 65275 (Paris) |
Area Code: | 660 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 29-28000 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2396966 |
Goss is a village in Monroe County, Missouri, United States; it was once incorporated as a town, but reclassified as a village in 2010.[4] According to the 2020 census, the village has no permanent residents.[3]
A post office called Goss was established in 1885, and remained in operation until 1954.[5] The community has the name of James Goss, an early settler.[6]
Goss is in central Monroe County, along U.S. Route 24, which leads southwest 4miles to Paris, the county seat, and northeast 16miles to Monroe City.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Goss has an area of 0.06sqmi, all land.[2] The village lies on a high ground which drains north toward Otter Creek, an east-flowing tributary of the North Fork of the Salt River, and south toward the Middle Fork of the Salt River.