Gordonville, Missouri
| Gordonville, Missouri | |
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| Village | |
 Location of Gordonville, Missouri |
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| Coordinates: 37°18′44″N 89°40′27″W / 37.31222°N 89.67417°WCoordinates: 37°18′44″N 89°40′27″W / 37.31222°N 89.67417°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | Cape Girardeau |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.78 sq mi (2.02 km2) |
| • Land | 0.78 sq mi (2.02 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 394 ft (120 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 391 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 397 |
| • Density | 501.3/sq mi (193.6/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP codes | 63701, 63752 |
| Area code(s) | 573 |
| FIPS code | 29-27928 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0731575 |
Gordonville is a village in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States. The population was 391 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Gordonville was named after Sam Gordon, who established a watermill on the same site where the Gordonville Milling Company operated.
The land around present-day Gordonville was originally owned by Sam Gordon and his father, who lived in Indiana. Sam Gordon established the first store in the town in either 1857 or 1858, and the town became known as Gordonville. The first church in the town was set up by Methodist missionaries on the farm of Louis Siemers in 1848, with Liberty School house being established shortly later. Hubble Mill and Gordonville Roller Mills were established along Hubble Creek.
In the 1850s German immigrants began to move into the area and established farms around Gordonville. A German Methodist church and a German Lutheran church were also organized just south of Gordonville to serve the local German population.
Gordonville is located along Hubble Creek at 37°18′44″N 89°40′27″W / 37.31222°N 89.67417°W (37.312237, -89.674245).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.78 square miles (2.02 km2), all of it land.
As of the census of 2010, there were 391 people, 157 households, and 124 families residing in the village. The population density was 501.3 inhabitants per square mile (193.6/km2). There were 167 housing units at an average density of 214.1 per square mile (82.7/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 99.23% White, 0.26% Black or African American, and 0.51% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.51% of the population.
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