New Hamburg, Missouri Explained

Official Name:New Hamburg, Missouri
Settlement Type:Census-Designated Place
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Missouri
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Scott
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:2.33
Area Land Km2:2.30
Area Water Km2:0.03
Area Total Sq Mi:0.90
Area Land Sq Mi:0.89
Area Water Sq Mi:0.01
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:218
Population Density Km2:94.80
Population Density Sq Mi:245.50
Elevation Ft:338
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:29-51842
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:731624

New Hamburg is an unincorporated community in Scott County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.

Demographics

History

New Hamburg was originally called Hamburg, and under the latter name was platted in 1866.[2] The community was named after Hamburg, in Germany, the native land of a large share of the first settlers.[3] A post office called New Hamburg was established in 1874, and remained in operation until 1972.[4]

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37.1264°N -89.5933°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. September 5, 2022.
  2. Web site: Scott County Place Names, 1928–1945 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071919/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_scott.html . June 24, 2016 . dead . The State Historical Society of Missouri . December 24, 2016 .
  3. Book: How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named . The State Historical Society of Missouri . Eaton, David Wolfe . 1918 . 363.
  4. Web site: Post Offices. Jim Forte Postal History . 24 December 2016.