Carterville, Missouri facts for kids
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Carterville, Missouri
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| City of Carterville | |
Location of Carterville, Missouri
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| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | Jasper |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.61 sq mi (6.75 km2) |
| • Land | 2.61 sq mi (6.75 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,001 ft (305 m) |
| Population
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| • Total | 1,855 |
| • Density | 711.55/sq mi (274.76/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code |
64835
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| Area code(s) | 417 |
| FIPS code | 29-11638 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2393758 |
Carterville is a city in Jasper County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,855 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Joplin, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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History
While one James Carter settled in Jasper County in 1841, the land on which Carterville was built was originally owned by his son, James Gilbert Leroy Carter, who created a farm in the 1860’s. The town considers itself founded in 1875, when a post office called Carterville opened that year. However, the settlement was not officially incorporated until 1882. Early Carterville was little more than a lead-mining camp, one of many in the tri-state mining district in southwestern Missouri, southeastern Kansas and northwestern Oklahoma. It nevertheless thrived, and at one time had a population of over 12,000 residents, making it larger than nearby Webb City.
When interurban transportation came to the mining district in 1889, it was in the form of a horsecar line (other sources say a mule road) between Webb City and Carterville. That operation was absorbed in 1892 by the Southwest Missouri Electric Railway Company, later the Southwest Missouri Railroad Company, and by 1894 an electrified streetcar line linked Carterville to Webb City and Joplin in one direction, and Prosperity in the other. Two additional rail lines, that of the Missouri Pacific Railway and the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway, ran down the west border of Carterville.
The town began its decline in size after World War I, when the mining industry began to dry up.
Geography
Carterville's main street is the former U.S. Route 66.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.60 square miles (6.73 km2), all land.
Demographics
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1880 | 483 | — | |
| 1890 | 2,884 | 497.1% | |
| 1900 | 4,445 | 54.1% | |
| 1910 | 4,539 | 2.1% | |
| 1920 | 2,434 | −46.4% | |
| 1930 | 1,600 | −34.3% | |
| 1940 | 1,582 | −1.1% | |
| 1950 | 1,552 | −1.9% | |
| 1960 | 1,445 | −6.9% | |
| 1970 | 1,716 | 18.8% | |
| 1980 | 1,973 | 15.0% | |
| 1990 | 2,013 | 2.0% | |
| 2000 | 1,850 | −8.1% | |
| 2010 | 1,891 | 2.2% | |
| 2020 | 1,855 | −1.9% | |
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2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 1,891 people, 712 households, and 511 families living in the city. The population density was 727.3 inhabitants per square mile (280.8/km2). There were 800 housing units at an average density of 307.7 per square mile (118.8/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 94.2% White, 0.4% African American, 0.8% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 2.1% from other races, and 2.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.9% of the population.
There were 712 households, of which 38.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.4% were married couples living together, 15.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 28.2% were non-families. 22.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.08.
The median age in the city was 34.5 years. 27.7% of residents were under the age of 18; 9.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27% were from 25 to 44; 24.7% were from 45 to 64; and 11.4% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.9% male and 51.1% female.
Gallery
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Historic Old Rock filling station on Route 66 in Carterville, MO
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Inside view of Carterville Gymnasium
See also
In Spanish: Carterville (Misuri) para niños
