Bernie, Missouri

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'''Bernie''' is a city in southern [[Stoddard County, Missouri|Stoddard County]], [[Missouri]], United States. The population was 1,859 at the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bernie city, Missouri|url= https://data.census.gov/profile/Bernie_city,_Missouri?g=160XX00US2904960|access-date=30 May 2025| website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>

==History==
Bernie was laid out in 1890, and named after Bernice "Bernie" Crumb, the daughter of an early Euro-American settler.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_stoddard.html | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071913/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_stoddard.html | archivedate = June 24, 2016 | url-status = live | title=Stoddard County Place Names, 1928–1945 | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri| accessdate= December 26, 2016}}</ref> A post office called Bernie has been in operation since 1889.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Stoddard | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=26 December 2016}}</ref> The city was incorporated in 1889. Bernie was situated along the [[St. Louis Southwestern Railway]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G-AlAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA391 | title=History of Southeast Missouri: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests, Volume 1 | publisher=Lewis Publishing Company | year=1912 | pages=391}}</ref>

==Geography==
Bernie is located in the [[Missouri Bootheel]], eight miles south of [[Dexter, Missouri|Dexter]] and approximately nine miles north of [[Malden, Missouri|Malden]] on [[Missouri Route 25]]. The [[St. Francis River]] is about ten miles to the west on [[Missouri Route U]].<ref>''Bernie, MO,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1978</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|1.31|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=2012-07-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archivedate=2012-07-02 }}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1900= 333
|1910= 742
|1920= 1571
|1930= 1031
|1940= 1160
|1950= 1308
|1960= 1578
|1970= 1641
|1980= 1975
|1990= 1847
|2000= 1777
|2010= 1958
|2020= 1859
|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>
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As of 2000 the median income for a household in the city was $24,085, and the median income for a family was $30,847. Males had a median income of $24,922 versus $16,196 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $13,096. About 15.8% of families and 26.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 28.1% of those under age 18 and 28.3% of those age 65 or over.

===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=2012-07-08}}</ref> of 2010, there were 1,958 people, 831 households, and 549 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1494.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 916 housing units at an average density of {{convert|699.2|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 94.89% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 2.20% [[Black (U.S. Census)|Black]] or [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.61% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.10% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.77% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 1.43% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.43% of the population.

There were 831 households, of which 32.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 13.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 33.9% were non-families. 29.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.91.

The median age in the city was 40 years. 24.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.9% were from 25 to 44; 26.2% were from 45 to 64; and 17.3% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.1% male and 52.9% female.

==Education==
[[Bernie R-XIII School District]], which covers the municipality,<ref>{{cite map|author=Geography Division|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st29_mo/schooldistrict_maps/c29207_stoddard/DC20SD_C29207.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Stoddard County, MO|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|date=January 12, 2021|access-date=2025-05-30}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st29_mo/schooldistrict_maps/c29207_stoddard/DC20SD_C29207_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> operates one elementary school and Bernie Junior High/High School.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.bernie.k12.mo.us/|title= Bernie R-XIII School District|publisher= Bernie R-XIII School District|accessdate=August 21, 2012}}</ref>

The town has a lending library, the Bernie Public 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 | accessdate=17 March 2018}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Carl Edward Bailey]], [[List of Governors of Arkansas|31st]] [[Governor of Arkansas]] from 1937 to 1941, was born in Bernie in 1894.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_arkansas/col2-content/main-content-list/title_bailey_carl.html|title= Arkansas Governor Carl Edward Bailey |publisher= National Governors Association |accessdate=August 21, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Narvel Felts]], a member of the [[Rockabilly Hall of Fame]], attended Bernie High School.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.songbird.me/#artists/narvel-felts-500cdd5ed6065b000200011e|title= Narvel Felts|publisher= Songbird.Me|accessdate=August 21, 2012}}{{dead link|date=December 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
* [[James Morton Smith]], director of the [[Wisconsin Historical Society]] and [[Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library|Winterthur Museum]]; born in Bernie in 1919.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-03-31 |title=Dr. James Morton Smith Sr. (obituary) |url=https://lcnme.com/obituaries/dr-james-morton-smith-sr/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817171624/https://lcnme.com/obituaries/dr-james-morton-smith-sr/ |archive-date=2022-08-17 |access-date=2022-08-17 |website=Lincoln County News (Newcastle, Maine) |language=en-US}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Bernie, Missouri}}
* [http://www.cityofbernie.com City website]
* Historic maps of Bernie in the [http://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/mu/islandora/object/mu%3A138707 Sanborn Maps of Missouri Collection] at the [[University of Missouri]]

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[[Category:Cities in Stoddard County, Missouri]]
[[Category:1890 establishments in Missouri]]
[[Category:Cities in Missouri]]

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