Whitewater is a village in
Hubble Township in southwestern
Cape Girardeau County
Cape Girardeau County is located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Missouri; its eastern border is formed by the Mississippi River. At the 2020 census, the population was 81,710. The county seat is Jackson, the first city in the US ...
,
Missouri
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, United States. The population was 88 at the
2020 census. It is part of the
Cape Girardeau
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–
Jackson
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, MO-
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.
History
Whitewater was first settled in 1866 on lands belonging to William 'Uncle Bill' Devore and Linus Sanford. It was incorporated as a town in 1898. Whitewater was situated along the
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway. In 1915, the town had a population of 350, with a number of stores, hotels, a school and churches.
[State Historical Society of Missouri: Cape Girardeau County Place Names http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_cape_girardeau.html] The first mayor of Whitewater was P. N. O'Brien who was born in St. Louis in 1851 and who had previously lived in Cape Girardeau as he had owned the J. S. Albert Grocer Company in Cape Girardeau and helped found Shell & Albert, the first mercantile business in Whitewater; O'Brien also served the Whitewater postmaster for nearly a quarter of a century.
Geography
Whitewater is situated about five miles northwest of
Delta
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, along the Upper
Whitewater River. The town is on
Missouri Route A
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, approximately seven miles west of
Dutchtown. The Headwater Diversion Channel diverts the flow of the Whitewater River just to the south of the town.
[''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, p. 58, ]
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the village has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
2010 census
As of the
census
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of 2010, there were 125 people, 46 households, and 35 families living in the village. The
population density
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was . There were 57 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 99.20%
White
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and 0.80% from two or more races.
There were 46 households, of which 32.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.5% were
married couples
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living together, 13.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 6.5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 23.9% were non-families. 21.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.11.
The median age in the village was 39.3 years. 28% of residents were under the age of 18; 4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 20.8% were from 25 to 44; 25.6% were from 45 to 64; and 21.6% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 40.8% male and 59.2% female.
2000 census
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 113 people, 48 households, and 37 families living in the town. The population density was . There were 60 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 100.00%
White
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.
There were 48 households, out of which 16.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.6% were
married couples
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living together, 10.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.9% were non-families. 22.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.76.
In the town the population was spread out, with 17.7% under the age of 18, 11.5% from 18 to 24, 21.2% from 25 to 44, 27.4% from 45 to 64, and 22.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females, there were 82.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.0 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $26,750, and the median income for a family was $31,000. Males had a median income of $18,594 versus $16,563 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the town was $11,533. There were 21.1% of families and 30.6% of the population living below the
poverty line
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, including 67.9% of under eighteens and 6.9% of those over 64.
References
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Villages in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
Cape Girardeau–Jackson metropolitan area
Villages in Missouri