Official Name: | Medill, Missouri |
Settlement Type: | Census-Designated Place |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Missouri |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Clark |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 2.03 |
Area Land Km2: | 2.02 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.01 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.78 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.78 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 82 |
Population Density Km2: | 40.67 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 105.40 |
Elevation Ft: | 709 |
Coordinates: | 40.43°N -91.7742°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 63445[2] |
Area Code: | 660 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 29-47144 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2806391 |
Medill is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Clark County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, its population was 82.[3]
The community s on US Route 136 three miles west of Kahoka.[4] The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad passes through the community as did the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.[5]
Medill was laid out in 1888 when the railroad was extended to that point.[6] A post office was established at Medill in 1889, and remained in operation until 1975.[7]
Amtrak’s Southwest Chief, which operates between Los Angeles and Chicago, passes through the town on BNSF tracks, but makes no stop. The nearest station is located in Fort Madison, to the northeast.