Revere, Missouri
Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Revere is a city<ref name="Roster">Template:Cite web</ref> in Clark County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 76.<ref name="QF">Template:Cite web</ref> It is part of the Fort Madison–Keokuk, IA-MO Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
Revere is located in northern Clark County three miles from the Missouri-Iowa state line.<ref>Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, First edition, 1998, p. 17 Template:Isbn</ref> The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad passes through the community.<ref>Kahoka, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1950</ref>
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of Template:Convert, all land.<ref name="Gazetteer files">Template:Cite web</ref>
History
Founded on October 22, 1887, by the Santa Fe Railroad, Revere was "probably named in honor of Paul Revere."<ref name="dugard">du Gard, René Coulet; du Gard, Dominique Coulet (1974). The handbook of French place names in the U.S.A., p. 133. Onomastica, Issue 51. Editions des Deux Mondes</ref> During the period prior to 1900, Revere flourished as an intermediate stop for the railroad.<ref name="higgins">Higgins, Charles A. (1894). New guide to the Pacific coast: Santa Fé route. California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois. Rand, McNally</ref> In 1898, Revere was incorporated as a city in the 4th class of Missouri.<ref name="Roster" />
In 1898, J. H. Talbott of Luray started the Revere Weekly Current,<ref>Revere Weekly Current (Revere, Mo.) 1898–1901, Library of Congress</ref> a weekly newspaper that consisted of five pages of world and local news including advertisements, train schedules and local markets. Circulation closed on July 18, 1901, when Talbott left for law school.
Located at the former site of the Revere Methodist Church, Ar-Del Park was dedicated on May 30, 1946, as a memorial to Revere natives John Arnold Wallace and Delmar Brown, who died serving their country during World War II.<ref>MOGEN list of notable persons, Revere's Ar-Del Park Honors Men Killed in WWII.</ref> A large boulder with a plaque dedicated to all Clark County veterans is located in the park.
On July 26, 2011, the United States Postal Service announced plans to consider closing the Revere post office as part of a nationwide restructuring plan.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On May 9, 2012, it was announced that a new strategy would preserve the nation's smallest post offices, reversing the earlier plan.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Demographics
2010 census
As of the census<ref name="GR2" /> of 2010, there were 79 people, 36 households, and 24 families residing in the city. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 41 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the city was 98.7% White, 1.3% from other races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.3% of the population.
There were 36 households, of which 16.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.3% were married couples living together, 5.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.3% were non-families. 33.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.19 and the average family size was 2.71.
In the city, the population was spread out, with 21.5% under the age of 20, 2.5% from 20 to 24, 19.0% from 25 to 44, 43.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 49 years. For every 100 females, there were 113.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.5 males.
Transportation
Amtrak’s Southwest Chief, which operates between Los Angeles and Chicago, passes through the town on BNSF tracks, but makes no stop. The nearest station is located in Fort Madison, Template:Convert to the northeast.
Education
It is in the Clark County R-I School District.<ref>Template:Cite map - Text list</ref> The district's comprehensive high school is Clark County High School.
It was previously in the Revere C-3 School District,<ref>Template:Cite map - Text list</ref> which began in 1924.<ref name=Whitfield>Template:Cite news</ref> In 2002 the Revere district ended its high school and began sending students to Clark County High.<ref name=Parrott>Template:Cite news</ref> Continued declining enrollment led to a vote in April 2012 that resulted in the decision to close the school and annex it to the Clark County R-1 school district effective July 1, 2012.<ref name="voteresult2">"A rural school district will become part of history" Retrieved 2023-12-05.</ref> Template:-
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