Editing Vista, Missouri

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| official_name            = Vista, Missouri
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| subdivision_name2        = [[St. Clair County, Missouri|St. Clair]]
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| population_total         = 36
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'''Vista''' is a village in [[St. Clair County, Missouri|St. Clair County]], [[Missouri]], United States. The population was 36 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2976390|access-date=December 27, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

==History==
Vista was [[plat]]ted in 1885, and named after Vista Dawson, the daughter of a first settler.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_saint_clair.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071333/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_saint_clair.html | archive-date=June 24, 2016 | url-status=live | title=St. Clair County Place Names, 1928–1945 | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri | access-date=November 27, 2016 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> A variant name was "Decherd".<ref>{{GNIS|756858}}</ref>  A post office called Decherd was established in 1887, the name was changed to Vista in 1889, and the post office closed in 1973.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Saint+Clair | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=November 27, 2016}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|0.13|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=July 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archive-date=January 25, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1960= 50
|1970= 44
|1980= 73
|1990= 50
|2000= 55
|2010= 54
|2020= 36
|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=July 8, 2012}}</ref> of 2010, there were 54 people, 22 households, and 13 families residing in the village. The [[population density]] was {{convert|415.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 25 housing units at an average density of {{convert|192.3|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the village was 100.0% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]].

There were 22 households, of which 36.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 4.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.9% were non-families. 40.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.38.

The median age in the village was 37 years. 35.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 3.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 20.4% were from 25 to 44; 26% were from 45 to 64; and 14.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 48.1% male and 51.9% female.

==References==
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{{St. Clair County, Missouri}}

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[[Category:Villages in St. Clair County, Missouri]]
[[Category:Villages in Missouri]]