Official Name: | Wortham, Missouri |
Settlement Type: | Census-Designated Place |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Missouri |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | St. Francois |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 2.33 |
Area Land Km2: | 2.31 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.02 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.90 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.89 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 197 |
Population Density Km2: | 85.34 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 221.10 |
Elevation Ft: | 889 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 29-81088 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 2587125 |
Wortham is a census-designated place in St. Francois County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
Wortham was originally called "Cherrytown", and under the latter name was platted in 1904.[2] A post office called Wortham was established in 1925 and remained in operation until 1969.[3] An early postmaster, Ray Wortham, gave the community its name.