Official Name: | New Market, Missouri |
Settlement Type: | Census-Designated Place |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Missouri |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Platte |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 0.50 |
Area Land Km2: | 0.50 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.19 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.19 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 88 |
Population Density Km2: | 177.61 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 460.73 |
Elevation Ft: | 876 |
Coordinates: | 39.5019°N -94.7994°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 29-52130 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2806420 |
New Market is a census designated place in northern Platte County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. It lies within the Kansas City metropolitan area. The population was 88 at the 2020 census.
The community is located on Missouri Route 371 about 1.5 miles south of the Platte-Buchanan county line. Dearborn is two miles to the northeast across U.S. Route 71 and Bee Creek flows past the west side of the community.[2]
New Market was originally named Jacksonville, and under the latter name was platted in 1830.[3] A post office called New Market was established in 1839, and remained in operation until 1959.[4]