Dawn is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Livingston County, Missouri, United States.[3] As of the 2020 census it had a population of 100.[4]
Dawn was platted in 1853.[5] A post office called Dawn has been in operation since 1852.[6]
Geography
Dawn is located in southwestern Livingston County on Missouri Supplemental Route C, approximately 13 miles (21 km) southwest of Chillicothe, the county seat.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Dawn CDP has an area of 1.3 square miles (3.4 km2), all of it recorded as land.[7] The community is on high ground on the east bank of Shoal Creek, a northeast-flowing tributary of the Grand River and part of the Missouri River watershed.
Demographics
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 100 | — | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[8] | |||
References
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dawn, Missouri
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dawn, Missouri
- ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
- ^ "Livingston County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
- ^ "U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: Places: Missouri". U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
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