Editing Bigelow, Missouri

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| official_name            = Bigelow, Missouri
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| subdivision_name2        = [[Holt County, Missouri|Holt]]
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| area_code                = [[Area code 660|660]]
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'''Bigelow''' is a village in western [[Holt County, Missouri|Holt County]], [[Missouri]], United States. The population was 5 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2905464|access-date=December 16, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

==History==
The town of Bigelow, originally called Petersburg,<ref name="GH">{{cite book | title=Gone home: Directory of the deceased and items of history of Holt County, Missouri, 1837-1981 | publisher=Holt County Missouri Historical Society | author=Derr, Eileen | year=1981}}</ref> started in August, 1868<ref name="GH">{{cite book | title=Gone home: Directory of the deceased and items of history of Holt County, Missouri, 1837-1981 | publisher=Holt County Missouri Historical Society | author=Derr, Eileen | year=1981}}</ref> when Captain H. L. Williams opened a store along the [[Burlington Railroad]].<ref name="NW">{{cite book |last= Williams|first= Walter|date= 1915|title= A History of Northwest Missouri Volume I|publisher= The Lewis Publishing Company|page= 540}}</ref> A post office called Bigelow was established in 1869, and remained in operation until 1992.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Holt | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=October 8, 2016}}</ref> The village was named after a railroad promoter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_holt.html |title=Holt County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) |publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri |accessdate=October 8, 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070426/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_holt.html |archivedate=June 24, 2016 }}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|0.09|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=July 8, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112090031/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archivedate=January 12, 2012 }}</ref> Bigelow sits near the northwest corner of the [[Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge]] and is in the [[Missouri River Valley]] It is about three miles southwest of [[Mound City, Missouri|Mound City]] and four miles northeast of [[Fortescue, Missouri|Fortescue]].

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 190
|1900= 195
|1910= 156
|1920= 161
|1930= 138
|1940= 143
|1950= 132
|1960= 100
|1970= 84
|1980= 67
|1990= 32
|2000= 38
|2010= 27
|2020= 5
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=July 8, 2012}}</ref> of 2010, there were 27 people, 12 households, and 6 families residing in the village. The [[population density]] was {{convert|300.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 22 housing units at an average density of {{convert|244.4|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the village was 100.0% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]].

There were 12 households, of which 25.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 16.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 50.0% were non-families. 41.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 3.17.

The median age in the village was 33.8 years. 29.6% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.2% were from 25 to 44; 11.1% were from 45 to 64; and 29.6% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 51.9% male and 48.1% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 38 people, 16 households, and 12 families residing in the village. The population density was {{convert|415.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 26 housing units at an average density of {{convert|284.6|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the village was 100.00% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]].

There were 16 households, out of which 18.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 25.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.0% were non-families. 25.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.83.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 28.9% under the age of 18, 2.6% from 18 to 24, 10.5% from 25 to 44, 18.4% from 45 to 64, and 39.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 60 years. For every 100 females, there were 123.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.0 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $23,750, and the median income for a family was $26,250. Males had a median income of $26,250 versus $10,000 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $13,067. There were 12.5% of families and 31.0% of the population living below the [[poverty line]], including 100.0% of under eighteens and none of those over 64.

==References==
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{{Holt County, Missouri}}

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[[Category:Villages in Holt County, Missouri]]
[[Category:Villages in Missouri]]