Platte City, Missouri Platte City, Missouri Location of Platte City, Missouri Location of Platte City, Missouri Website Platte City Platte City is a town/city in Platte County, Missouri, along the Little Platte River.
Platte County Courthouse in Platte City was assembled after the initial courthouse was finished in the Burning of Platte City amid the American Civil War.
Blanche Barrow was held at the adjoining jail following a Bonnie & Clyde shootout just south of Platte City at the Red Crown Tourist Court.
Platte City was established by Zadock "Zed" Martin and was incorporated as a town/city in September 1843.
James Morgan's Union Squad razed Platte City, including the courthouse.
The Platte County Fair held annually just outside Platte City began in 1863 and is the earliest continuously operating fair west of the Mississippi River.
On April 3, 1882, Jesse James prepared a robbery of the Platte City bank, but it was never carried out due to his assassination by Robert Ford on the morning of the raid. On July 19, 1933 Bonnie & Clyde were ambushed by, and engaged in, a shootout with small-town authorities just south of Platte City at the Red Crown Tourist Court.
The Frederick Krause Mansion and Platte County Courthouse are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Platte City is positioned at 39 21 42 N 94 46 29 W (39.361775, -94.774672). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 3.65 square miles (9.45 km2), of which, 3.61 square miles (9.35 km2) is territory and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 4,691 citizens , 1,975 homeholds, and 1,174 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 88.9% White, 4.6% African American, 0.5% Native American, 1.4% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 1.6% from other competitions, and 2.9% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,975 homeholds of which 32.5% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 41.7% were married couples living together, 12.9% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.9% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 40.6% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 35.2 years.
24.2% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 9.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 31.3% were from 25 to 44; 23.6% were from 45 to 64; and 11.6% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 3,866 citizens , 1,486 homeholds, and 1,017 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 92.08% White, 3.34% African American, 0.49% Native American, 0.80% Asian, 1.16% from other competitions, and 2.12% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,486 homeholds out of which 37.1% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 51.7% were married couples living together, 12.5% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 31.5% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 27.1% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 34.6% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 10.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $46,379, and the median income for a family was $52,548.
About 4.8% of families and 6.2% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 8.0% of those under age 18 and 9.2% of those age 65 or over.
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