Editing Gentry, Missouri

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| official_name            = Gentry, Missouri
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| subdivision_name2        = [[Gentry County, Missouri|Gentry]]
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| population_total         = 56
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| area_code                = [[Area code 660|660]]
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'''Gentry''' is a village in [[Gentry County, Missouri|Gentry County]], [[Missouri]], United States. The population was 56 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2926776|access-date=December 20, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

==History==
Gentry was [[plat]]ted in 1899 by the railroad.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xcxWsmxRzVEC&pg=RA1-PA4 | title=Missouri Roadsides: The Traveler's Companion | publisher=University of Missouri Press | author=Earngey, Bill | year=1995 | pages=4}}</ref> Gentry was named from Gentry County,<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RfAuAAAAYAAJ | title=How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri | author=Eaton, David Wolfe | year=1916 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RfAuAAAAYAAJ/page/n67 170]}}</ref> which was named for [[Richard Gentry (Missouri politician)|Richard Gentry]], a hero of the [[Seminole Wars]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n135 136]}}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:GentryMoMainStreet.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Main street of Gentry]]
Gentry is located on the west bank of the [[Grand River (Missouri)|Middle Fork of the Grand River]].<ref>''Gentry, MO,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1985</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|0.23|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>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1850= 126
|1860= 160
|1870= 255
|1880= 298
|1890= 223
|1900= 147
|1910= 226
|1920= 217
|1930= 202
|1940= 196
|1950= 159
|1960= 98
|1970= 143
|1980= 126
|1990= 95
|2000= 101
|2010= 72
|2020= 56
|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 72 people, 29 households, and 18 families living in the village. The [[population density]] was {{convert|313.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 35 housing units at an average density of {{convert|152.2|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the village was 98.6% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] and 1.4% from two or more races.

There were 29 households, of which 34.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.9% were non-families. 34.5% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.17.

The median age in the village was 36.3 years. 27.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 9.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26.4% were from 25 to 44; 26.4% were from 45 to 64; and 9.7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 50.0% male and 50.0% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 101 people, 34 households, and 22 families living in the village. The population density was {{convert|445.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 44 housing units at an average density of {{convert|194.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the village was 100.00% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]].

There were 34 households, out of which 38.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 17.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.4% were non-families. 32.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.97 and the average family size was 3.78.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 44.6% under the age of 18, 5.0% from 18 to 24, 27.7% from 25 to 44, 14.9% from 45 to 64, and 7.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 26 years. For every 100 females, there were 106.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 107.4 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $20,000, and the median income for a family was $28,750. Males had a median income of $28,750 versus $15,625 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $8,501. There were 25.0% of families and 17.1% of the population living below the [[poverty line]], including 10.4% of under eighteens and none of those over 64.

==Notable people==
*[[Avery Kier]]
*[[Homer Summa]]<ref>Wikipedia</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* Historic maps of Gentry in the [http://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/mu/islandora/object/mu%3A138803 Sanborn Maps of Missouri Collection] at the [[University of Missouri]]

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