Editing La Tour, Missouri

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'''La Tour''' or '''Latour''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in southwestern [[Johnson County, Missouri|Johnson County]], [[Missouri]], United States.<ref name=gnis/><ref>''Kingsville, Missouri,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1954</ref> The population was 65 at the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]], at which time it was a [[village (United States)|village]]. La Tour disincorporated in 2009, and at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]] the community, now listed as a [[census-designated place]] (CDP), had a population of 62.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US2940880| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): La Tour CDP, Missouri| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=August 20, 2018| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213105440/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US2940880| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

==History==
La Tour was [[plat]]ted in 1885, and named after the local Latour family.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_johnson.html |title=Johnson County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) |publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri |access-date=23 October 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070939/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_johnson.html |archive-date=24 June 2016 }}</ref> A post office called Latour was established in 1886, and remained in operation until 1997.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Johnson | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=23 October 2016}}</ref>

La Tour disincorporated on April 13, 2009, after an April 7 vote on the subject passed by the margin of 20 to 1.<ref name=dsj>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailystarjournal.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=3937&TM=68493.85|title=Tiny LaTour disincorporates|author=Sterling, Sue|work=Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal|date=2009-04-10|access-date=2009-04-13}}{{dead link|date=March 2024}}</ref>

==Geography==
The community is located in southwestern Johnson County on [[Missouri Route 2]], about {{convert|14|mi}} east of [[Harrisonville, Missouri|Harrisonville]] and {{convert|36|mi}} west of [[Windsor, Missouri|Windsor]]. The community lies just southwest of the confluence of [[Camp Branch (Big Creek)|Camp Branch]] with [[Big Creek (South Grand River tributary)|Big Creek]].<ref>''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer'', DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 35, {{ISBN|0-89933-224-2}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|0.28|km2|order=flip}}, about the same as the former village. {{convert|934|sqm|acre|order=flip|1}}, or 0.33% of the community's area, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2020= 65
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 65 people, 23 households, and 18 families residing in the village. The population density was {{convert|583.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 28 housing units at an average density of {{convert|251.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the village was 96.92% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.54% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]] and 1.54% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]].

There were 23 households, out of which 34.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.4% were non-families. 13.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.83 and the average family size was 3.05.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 27.7% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 27.7% from 25 to 44, 26.2% from 45 to 64, and 10.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 113.6 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $38,250, and the median income for a family was $38,750. Males had a median income of $51,250 versus $21,250 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $15,684. There were 26.3% of families and 21.3% of the population living below the [[poverty line]], including no under eighteens and 20.0% of those over 64.

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{{Johnson County, Missouri}}
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[[Category:Census-designated places in Missouri]]
[[Category:Former villages in Missouri]]
[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Johnson County, Missouri]]
[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Missouri]]
[[Category:Populated places disestablished in 2009]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Johnson County, Missouri]]