Hartsburg, Missouri
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Hartsburg is a village in Boone County, Missouri
Boone County, Missouri
Boone County is a county centrally located in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is the eighth most populous county in Missouri. In 2010, the population was 162,642. Its county seat, Columbia, is the fifth largest city in Missouri and the anchor city of the Columbia Metropolitan Area.-History:Boone...

, United States. It is part of the Columbia, Missouri
Columbia, Missouri
Columbia is the fifth-largest city in Missouri, and the largest city in Mid-Missouri. With a population of 108,500 as of the 2010 Census, it is the principal municipality of the Columbia Metropolitan Area, a region of 164,283 residents. The city serves as the county seat of Boone County and as the...

 Metropolitan Statistical Area
Columbia, Missouri Metropolitan Area
The Columbia, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties—Boone and Howard—in central Missouri, anchored by the city of Columbia...

. The population was 108 at the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

, at which time it was a town.

Geography

Hartsburg is located at 38°41′43"N 92°18′36"W (38.695186, -92.310031). According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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, the town has a total area of 0.1 square mile (0.258998811 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census
Census
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of 2000, there were 108 people, 54 households, and 30 families residing in the town. The population density
Population density
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 was 1,327.0 people per square mile (521.2/km²). There were 59 housing units at an average density of 724.9 per square mile (284.8/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 89.81% White, 0.93% Native American, 2.78% from other races
Race (United States Census)
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, and 6.48% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.78% of the population.

There were 54 households out of which 20.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.3% were married couples living together, 5.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 44.4% were non-families. 38.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 20.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.00 and the average family size was 2.67.

In the town the population was spread out with 16.7% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 29.6% from 45 to 64, and 21.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 120.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.7 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $32,500, and the median income for a family was $52,917. Males had a median income of $30,000 versus $21,875 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the town was $16,739. There were no families and 5.8% of the population living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and 9.5% of those over 64.

Recreation

The Katy Trail
Katy Trail State Park
The Katy Trail State Park is a recreation rail trail that runs in the right-of-way of the former Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad. The nickname "Katy" comes from the phonetic pronunciation of 'KT' in the railroad's abbreviated name, MKT. The trail, widely known as the Katy Trail, is a Missouri...

, a 225-mile-long bike path stretching across the state of Missouri, runs through Hartsburg.

The Hartsburg Pumpkin Festival occurs each year on the second Saturday and Sunday of October, which includes games, foods, and crafts. The event is aimed for families.

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