St. Francisville, Missouri Explained

Official Name:St. Francisville, 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 Km2:4.95
Area Land Km2:4.81
Area Water Km2:0.14
Area Total Sq Mi:1.91
Area Land Sq Mi:1.86
Area Water Sq Mi:0.05
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:137
Population Density Km2:28.46
Population Density Sq Mi:73.70
Elevation Ft:633
Coordinates:40.4497°N -91.5719°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:63472[2]
Area Code:660
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:29-64244
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:2587112

St. Francisville or Saint Francisville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in northeast Clark County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 137.[3]

The community is on Missouri Route B four miles north of Wayland. The Des Moines River and the Missouri-Iowa border are one-half mile north of the community.[4] It is the oldest settlement in Clark County, Missouri.

Etymology

St. Francisville was platted in 1833, by a man named Francis Church.[5]

Demographics

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. September 5, 2022.
  2. Web site: St. Francisville MO ZIP Code. zipdatamaps.com. 2023. June 16, 2023.
  3. Web site: 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171). United States Census Bureau. November 17, 2021.
  4. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, First edition, 1998, p. 17
  5. Book: How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named . The State Historical Society of Missouri . Eaton, David Wolfe . 1916 . 276.