St. Francisville, Missouri

St. Francisville, Missouri
Census-Designated Place
Coordinates: 40°26′59″N 91°34′19″W / 40.44972°N 91.57194°W / 40.44972; -91.57194
CountryUnited States
StateMissouri
CountyClark
Area
[1]
 • Total
1.91 sq mi (4.95 km2)
 • Land1.86 sq mi (4.81 km2)
 • Water0.05 sq mi (0.14 km2)
Elevation
[2]
633 ft (193 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
137
 • Density73.70/sq mi (28.46/km2)
ZIP code
63472[3]
Area code660
FIPS code29-64244
GNIS feature ID2587112[2]

St. Francisville or Saint Francisville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in northeast Clark County, Missouri, United States.[2] As of the 2020 census, its population was 137.[4]

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.[5] It is the oldest settlement in Clark County, Missouri.

Etymology

St. Francisville was platted in 1833, by a man named Francis Church.[6]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020137—
U.S. Decennial Census[7]

Education

It is in the Clark County R-I School District.[8] The district's comprehensive high school is Clark County High School.

References

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: St. Francisville, Missouri
  3. ^ "St. Francisville MO ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2023. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
  4. ^ "2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 17, 2021.
  5. ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, First edition, 1998, p. 17 ISBN 0899332242
  6. ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 276.
  7. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  8. ^ Geography Division (January 12, 2021). 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Clark County, MO (PDF) (Map). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 1, 2025. - Text list


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