Editing Grant City, Missouri

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|name                     = Grant City, Missouri
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|population_total         = 817
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'''Grant City''' is a city in, and the [[county seat]] of, [[Worth County, Missouri]], United States. The population was 817 at the [[United States Census, 2020|2020 census]].

==History==
Grant City was laid out in 1864.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RfAuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA372 | title=How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri | author=Eaton, David Wolfe | year=1918 | pages=372}}</ref> The community has the name of General [[Ulysses S. Grant]], afterward 18th President of the United States (1869–77).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_worth.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070328/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_worth.html |archive-date=June 24, 2016 |url-status=live |title=Worth County Place Names, 1928–1945 |publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri |access-date=January 3, 2017 }}</ref> A post office called Grant City has been in operation since 1864.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Worth | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=3 January 2017}}</ref>

The [[Worth County Courthouse (Grant City, Missouri)|Worth County Courthouse]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1983.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

==Geography==
Grant City is located at the intersection of [[U. S. Route 169]] and [[Missouri Route 46]] and about one mile west of the Middle Fork of the [[Grand River (Missouri)|Grand River]].<ref>''Grant City, MO,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1984</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|1.33|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]] |access-date=2012-07-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=2012-01-25 }}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 493
|1890= 1186
|1900= 1406
|1910= 1207
|1920= 1305
|1930= 1126
|1940= 1209
|1950= 1184
|1960= 1061
|1970= 1095
|1980= 1068
|1990= 998
|2000= 926
|2010= 859
|2020= 817
|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|access-date=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]]|access-date=2012-07-08}}</ref> of 2010, there were 859 people, 378 households, and 227 families living in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|645.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 473 housing units at an average density of {{convert|355.6|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 98.4% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.3% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.1% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.1% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.8% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 0.2% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.0% of the population.

There were 378 households, of which 24.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 39.9% were non-families. 36.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.13 and the average family size was 2.76.

The median age in the city was 47.4 years. 19.7% of residents were under the age of 18; 8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 18.1% were from 25 to 44; 27.6% were from 45 to 64; and 26.7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 46.4% male and 53.6% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 926 people, 409 households, and 247 families living in the town. The population density was {{convert|735.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 499 housing units at an average density of {{convert|396.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 99.03% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.22% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.65% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]] and 0.11% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.11% of the population.

There were 409 households, out of which 27.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.4% were non-families. 36.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.17 and the average family size was 2.82.

In the town the population was spread out, with 22.9% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 22.5% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 24.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 83.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.5 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $23,897, and the median income for a family was $29,943. Males had a median income of $22,813 versus $15,625 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $14,009. About 13.4% of families and 17.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 22.6% of those under age 18 and 16.7% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Public education in Grant City is administered by Worth County R-III School District, which operates one elementary school and Worth County High School.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.greatschools.org/missouri/grant-city/worth-county-r_iii-school-district/ | title=Worth County R-Iii School District | publisher=Great Schools | access-date=2 June 2019}}</ref>

Grant City has a lending library, the Worth County Library.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.publiclibraries.com/missouri.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610012728/http://www.publiclibraries.com/missouri.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=10 June 2017 | title=Missouri Public Libraries | publisher=PublicLibraries.com | access-date=1 June 2019}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Chet Gardner]], racing driver
* [[Phil S. Gibson]], 22nd [[Chief Justice of California]].<ref>{{cite web | title = In Memoriam | publisher =  California Supreme Court Historical Society | year = 1986 | url =  http://www.cschs.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/CSCHS-Gibson-Memorial.pdf| access-date =30 December 2015}}</ref>
* [[Frank E. Lucas]], 13th [[Governor of Wyoming]].<ref>[http://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/frank-lucas Wyoming History-Frank E. Lucas]</ref>
* [[Leon C. Phillips]], 11th [[Governor of Oklahoma]].

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.grantcity.us/ Grant City official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602233214/http://www.grantcity.us/ |date=2017-06-02 }}
* Historic maps of Grant City in the [http://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/mu/islandora/object/mu%3A138809 Sanborn Maps of Missouri Collection] at the [[University of Missouri]]

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