Philadelphia, Missouri

Coordinates: 39°50′19″N 91°44′21″W / 39.83861°N 91.73917°W / 39.83861; -91.73917
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Philadelphia, Missouri
FIPS code
29-57350
GNIS feature ID2806414[2]

Philadelphia is an

Micropolitan Statistical Area
.

Philadelphia was

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[6] A post office called Philadelphia has been in operation since 1847.[7]

Philadelphia was first listed as a census-designated place for the 2020 census, at which time it had a population of 206.[3]

Geography

Philadelphia is in western Marion County, 12 miles (19 km) west of Palmyra, the county seat, 16 miles (26 km) north of Monroe City, 18 miles (29 km) east of Shelbyville, and 13 miles (21 km) south of Ewing. Hannibal, the largest city in Marion County, is 25 miles (40 km) to the southeast on the Mississippi River.

According to the

South Fabius River and south to a tributary of the North River
. Both rivers flow east to the Mississippi.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
2020206
U.S. Decennial Census[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Missouri". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Philadelphia, Missouri
  3. ^ a b "P1. Race – Philadelphia CDP, Missouri: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  4. ^ "Philadelphia MO ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2023. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
  5. ^ "Marion County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  6. ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 193.
  7. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  8. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.