Philadelphia, Missouri Explained

Official Name:Philadelphia, Missouri
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:Missouri#USA
Pushpin Label:Philadelphia
Pushpin Label Position:left
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Missouri
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Marion
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:1.96
Area Land Km2:1.96
Area Water Km2:0.00
Area Total Sq Mi:0.76
Area Land Sq Mi:0.76
Area Water Sq Mi:0.00
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:206
Population Density Km2:105.00
Population Density Sq Mi:272.13
Elevation Ft:709
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:63463[3]
Area Code:573
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:29-57350
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:2806414

Philadelphia is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in western Marion County, Missouri, United States. It is located west of Palmyra on Missouri Route 168. The community is part of the Hannibal Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Philadelphia was platted in 1835.[4] The community was named after Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[5] A post office called Philadelphia has been in operation since 1847.[6]

Philadelphia was first listed as a census-designated place for the 2020 census, at which time it had a population of 206.[2]

Geography

Philadelphia is in western Marion County, west of Palmyra, the county seat, north of Monroe City, east of Shelbyville, and south of Ewing. Hannibal, the largest city in Marion County, is to the southeast on the Mississippi River.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Philadelphia CDP has an area of 0.76sqmi, all land.[1] The community drains north to a tributary of the South Fabius River and south to a tributary of the North River. Both rivers flow east to the Mississippi.

Demographics

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Missouri . United States Census Bureau . March 25, 2024.
  2. Web site: P1. Race – Philadelphia CDP, Missouri: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171). U.S. Census Bureau. March 25, 2024.
  3. Web site: Philadelphia MO ZIP Code. zipdatamaps.com. 2023. June 16, 2023.
  4. Web site: Marion County Place Names, 1928–1945 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070655/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_marion.html . June 24, 2016 . live . The State Historical Society of Missouri. November 3, 2016.
  5. Book: How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named . The State Historical Society of Missouri . Eaton, David Wolfe . 1916 . 193.
  6. Web site: Post Offices. Jim Forte Postal History . 3 November 2016.