New Market, Platte County, Missouri Explained

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]

History

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]

Demographics

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. September 5, 2022.
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 26
  3. Web site: Platte County Place Names, 1928–1945. https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070705/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_platte.html. June 24, 2016. dead. The State Historical Society of Missouri. December 9, 2016.
  4. Web site: Post Offices. Jim Forte Postal History . 9 December 2016.