Marthasville, Missouri

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Marthasville is a city in Warren County, Missouri, United States. The population was 837 at the 2000 census. The Katy Trail, a 225 mile long bike path, passes through Marthasville, and the original grave of Daniel Boone is located there. In 1845, Boone's remains were disinterred and moved to Kentucky for burial. Resentment in Missouri about the disinterment grew over the years, and a legend arose that Boone's remains never left Missouri.

[edit] Geography

Marthasville is located at 38°37′50″N, 91°3′32″W (38.630458, -91.058864)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.2 km² (0.8 mi²), all land.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 837 people, 321 households, and 230 families residing in the city. The population density was 384.7/km² (999.5/mi²). There were 340 housing units at an average density of 156.3/km² (406.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 96.77% White, 1.08% African American, 0.48% Native American, 0.36% Asian, 0.36% from other races, and 0.96% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.36% of the population.

There were 321 households out of which 40.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.1% were married couples living together, 6.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.3% were non-families. 22.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.09.

In the city the population was spread out with 28.8% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 36.3% from 25 to 44, 17.0% from 45 to 64, and 9.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 105.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.7 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $41,141, and the median income for a family was $45,521. Males had a median income of $32,083 versus $21,875 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,979. About 5.9% of families and 8.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.9% of those under age 18 and 9.5% of those age 65 or over.