Mokane, Missouri facts for kids
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Mokane, Missouri
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| City of Mokane | |
Downtown Mokane in March 2019
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Location of Mokane, Missouri
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| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | Callaway |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.29 sq mi (0.76 km2) |
| • Land | 0.29 sq mi (0.76 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 532 ft (162 m) |
| Population
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| • Total | 188 |
| • Density | 641.64/sq mi (247.66/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code |
65059
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| Area code(s) | 573 |
| FIPS code | 29-49070 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2395364 |
Mokane (founded as Smith's Landing and later known as Saint Aubert) is a small city in southern Callaway County, Missouri, United States. The population was 185 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Jefferson City Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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History
The settlement was first named Smith's Landing, after Thomas Smith, who settled there around 1818, and is said to be the second- or third-oldest town in Callaway County.
The settlement took on the name Saint Aubert around the time a post office was built there in 1849. Official Callaway County maps of 1876 show St. Aubert, which was also the name of its township area. The town was still referred to as Saint Aubert when Livingston's History of Northeast Missouri went to press in 1883 or 1884.
On July 1, 1893, the Missouri, Kansas and Eastern Railway, a subsidiary of the MKT Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad, took possession of the rail line that passed through the town to Saint Louis. The line included a station stop. Within a few years, the town received a new name based on the name of the railroad: Mo., Kan. & E. In 1897, Callaway County's official map shows the town named "Mokane". Compared to the 1876 map, it also moves the town one land section northward, due to the inundation of old Saint Aubert.
Geography
Mokane is located on the north side of the Missouri River valley along Missouri Route 94 between Tebbetts to the southwest and Steedman to the northeast. Fulton lies about twelve miles to the north along Missouri Route C. The Katy Trail, a rails-to-trails hiking/biking path, runs through the town, which stands at mile 125.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.29 square miles (0.75 km2), all land.
Demographics
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1900 | 331 | — | |
| 1910 | 646 | 95.2% | |
| 1920 | 726 | 12.4% | |
| 1930 | 575 | −20.8% | |
| 1940 | 544 | −5.4% | |
| 1950 | 477 | −12.3% | |
| 1960 | 419 | −12.2% | |
| 1970 | 398 | −5.0% | |
| 1980 | 293 | −26.4% | |
| 1990 | 186 | −36.5% | |
| 2000 | 188 | 1.1% | |
| 2010 | 185 | −1.6% | |
| 2020 | 188 | 1.6% | |
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2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 185 people, 73 households, and 48 families residing in the city. The population density was 637.9 inhabitants per square mile (246.3/km2). There were 87 housing units at an average density of 300.0 per square mile (115.8/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 97.8% White, 0.5% Native American, and 1.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.6% of the population.
There were 73 households, of which 46.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 31.5% were married couples living together, 23.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 11.0% had a male householder with no wife present, and 34.2% were non-families. 27.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 2.96.
The median age in the city was 26.8 years. 31.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 14% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 29.3% were from 25 to 44; 18.3% were from 45 to 64; and 7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 44.9% male and 55.1% female.
See also
In Spanish: Mokane (Misuri) para niños
