Grandin is a city in

Carter County, Missouri Carter County is a county in the Ozarks of Missouri. At the 2020 census, it had a population of 5,202. The largest city and county seat is Van Buren. The county was officially organized on March 10, 1859, and is named after Zimri A. Carter, a ...

, United States. The population was 226 at the 2020 census.

History

Grandin was

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ted in 1910 on the site of the

Missouri Lumber and Mining Company The Missouri Lumber and Mining Company (MLM) was a large timber corporation with headquarters and primary operations in southeast Missouri. The company was formed by Pennsylvania lumbermen who were eager to exploit the untapped timber resourc ...

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which dates back to the late 1880s. The community was named after

E. B. Grandin Egbert Bratt Grandin (March 30, 1806 – April 16, 1845) was a printer in Palmyra, New York, best known for publishing the first edition of the Book of Mormon, a sacred text of the churches of the Latter Day Saint movement. Biography Grandin was ...

, a businessperson in the local lumber industry. A post office has been in operation at Grandin since 1887. Twenty-four individual buildings, the

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, and the Sixth Street Historic District were listed on the

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in 1980.

Geography

Grandin is located at . According to the

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, the city has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

2010 census

As of the

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of 2010, there were 243 people, 102 households, and 60 families living in the city. The

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was . There were 121 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 99.59%

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and 0.41% Native American.

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of any race were 2.06% of the population. There were 102 households, of which 35.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.2% were

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living together, 15.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 41.2% were non-families. 36.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 3.15. The median age in the city was 37.6 years. 28% of residents were under the age of 18; 11.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.3% were from 25 to 44; 23.5% were from 45 to 64; and 15.2% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 50.6% male and 49.4% female.

2000 census

As of the

of 2000, there were 236 people, 90 households, and 64 families living in the city. The

was 592.2 people per square mile (227.8/km²). There were 119 housing units at an average density of 298.6 per square mile (114.9/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.88%

, 1.27% Native American, and 0.85% from two or more races. There were 90 households, out of which 30.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.4% were

living together, 13.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.8% were non-families. 23.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 2.97. In the city the population was spread out, with 26.3% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 31.8% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 13.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.7 males. The median income for a household in the city was $19,844, and the median income for a family was $22,500. Males had a median income of $20,417 versus $21,429 for females. The

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for the city was $10,497. About 24.2% of families and 28.6% of the population were below the

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, including 38.0% of those under the age of eighteen and 23.1% of those 65 or over.

Education

Grandin has a lending library, a branch of the Carter County Library.

References

External links

* Historic maps of Grandin in th
Sanborn Maps of Missouri Collection
at the

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