Gray Summit is an
unincorporated community
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and
census-designated place
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(CDP) in
Franklin County,
Missouri
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, United States. The population was 2,701 at the
2010 census.
Also called "Gray's Summit", it was founded by Daniel Gray of
New York
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, who built a hotel here in 1845. It is located on
Missouri Route 100
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just north of
Interstate 44
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.
Geography
Gray Summit is located in northeastern Franklin County along
Missouri Route 100
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and just north of
Interstate 44
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. Missouri Route 100 leads northwest approximately to
Washington
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* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
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from the west end of Gray Summit.
[''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,'' Delorme, 1st ed., 1998, p.40 ]
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.28%, is water.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 2,640 people, 953 households, and 739 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 1,032 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 97.80%
White
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, 0.38%
African American
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, 0.23%
Native American, 0.15%
Asian
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, 0.08%
Pacific Islander
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, 0.38% from
other races
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, and 0.98% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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people of any race were 0.34% of the population.
There were 953 households, out of which 37.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.3% were
married couples
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living together, 8.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.4% were non-families. 17.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.77 and the average family size was 3.12.
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 27.8% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 34.0% from 25 to 44, 21.2% from 45 to 64, and 9.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.0 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $46,648, and the median income for a family was $53,875. Males had a median income of $38,810 versus $21,723 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the CDP was $17,503. About 4.8% of families and 5.1% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 5.2% of those under age 18 and 15.5% of those age 65 or over.
References
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Census-designated places in Franklin County, Missouri
Census-designated places in Missouri